Existing law requires, for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018, a direct contractor, as defined, making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building, structure, or other private work, to assume, and be liable for, any debt owed to a wage claimant or third party on the wage claimant's behalf, incurred by a subcontractor at any tier acting under, by, or for the direct contractor for the wage claimant's performance of labor included in the subject of the original contract.
California SB 727 (20212022) — Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor.
Existing law requires, for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018, a direct contractor, as defined, making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building, structure, or other private work, to assume, and be liable for, any debt owed to a wage claimant or third party on the wage claimant's behalf, incurred by a subcontractor at any tier acting under, by, or for the direct contractor for the wage claimant's performance of labor included in the subject of the original contract.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2021-03-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-18 Re-referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-03-23 Set for hearing April 5.
2021-03-25 April 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 844.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-21 Set for hearing April 27.
2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 937.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-05-04 Set for hearing May 10.
2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1202.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1317.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-10 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 Coauthors revised.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 2964.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2604.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 338, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0580cf2-7597-46ff-a0d9-874fb45bb9d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).