republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-1384.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor Commissioner: financially disabled persons: representation."
description: "Existing law provides that the Labor Commissioner may, upon request, represent a claimant who is financially unable to represent themselves in a hearing where an employer is appealing an order of the commissioner. Existing law also provides that if the claimant is attempting to uphold the amount awarded by the commissioner and is not objecting to any part of the final order, the commissioner is required to represent the claimant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1384"
citation: "California SB 1384 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor Commissioner: financially disabled persons: representation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d11a3fa0-e921-4dc5-9d27-fc606f0b0438"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1384"
source_hash: "23ce86cbd7e51c93e763ef3cdb27de5fe60901fc112a1bd06253ac46f7400e4a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1384 (20192020) — Labor Commissioner: financially disabled persons: representation.

Existing law provides that the Labor Commissioner may, upon request, represent a claimant who is financially unable to represent themselves in a hearing where an employer is appealing an order of the commissioner. Existing law also provides that if the claimant is attempting to uphold the amount awarded by the commissioner and is not objecting to any part of the final order, the commissioner is required to represent the claimant.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1384&version=20190SB138499INT)
2. **03/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1384&version=20190SB138498AMD)
3. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1384&version=20190SB138496CHP)
4. **SB1384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1384)
5. **08/25/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1384&version=20190SB138497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- SB 1384 Monning Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — **61–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08** Set for hearing May 14 in L., P.E. & R. pending receipt.
- **2020-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
- **2020-05-28** June 1 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 3796.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 5172.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-08-24** (Corrected August 26).
- **2020-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 239, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d11a3fa0-e921-4dc5-9d27-fc606f0b0438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).