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Bill	Foreign labor contractor registration: agricultural workers.	(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and sets forth the functions of the department, which include, among others, fostering, promoting, and developing the welfare of the wage earners of California and improving their working conditions. Existing law establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, for the purposes of enforcing labor laws.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1362	California AB 1362 (20252026)	bill	Foreignlaborcontractorregistration agriculturalworkers	enacted	Kalra	5	25	9	2025-02-21	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bc28e947-7f61-4766-b5a8-06acde0b7f9e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1362	d7cb24623c4e44426771fbafc715368cb148173be77210c180a2766c2ac14c11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1362 (20252026) — Foreign labor contractor registration: agricultural workers.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and sets forth the functions of the department, which include, among others, fostering, promoting, and developing the welfare of the wage earners of California and improving their working conditions. Existing law establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, for the purposes of enforcing labor laws.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1362 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/15/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1362 Kalra et al. By Laird — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• AB 1362 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 1362 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 57–12 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Harabedian — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• McKinnor — coauthor (person)
• Ortega — coauthor (person)
• Stefani — coauthor (person)
• Wahab — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-17 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 1888.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2814.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 3310.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 190, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc28e947-7f61-4766-b5a8-06acde0b7f9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).