Existing law extends to any person who, as an employee, and by their own labor, performs work harvesting or transporting harvested crops or farm products that are owned and grown or produced by a limited partnership, a lien upon the severed crops or farm products, or proceeds from their sale, for the value of the labor done, unless the owner who otherwise would be subject to a lien gives the Labor Commissioner a bond that is conditioned upon the payment of all wages found to be due and unpaid in connection with the operations, as specified.
California SB 846 (20252026) — Liens: harvested crops.
Existing law extends to any person who, as an employee, and by their own labor, performs work harvesting or transporting harvested crops or farm products that are owned and grown or produced by a limited partnership, a lien upon the severed crops or farm products, or proceeds from their sale, for the value of the labor done, unless the owner who otherwise would be subject to a lien gives the Labor Commissioner a bond that is conditioned upon the payment of all wages found to be due and unpaid in connection with the operations, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 846 McNerney Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McNerney — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-26 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
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-11 Set for hearing May 6.
2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-05-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2248.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-23 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-07-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
2025-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 57, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35a905ec-9c85-4274-90ab-65b95519f67f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).