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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foreign labor contractors: registration."
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description: "Existing federal law permits certain aliens to engage in employment in the United States under specified conditions. Existing state law regulates the services of foreign labor contractors, as defined, with regard to contracts, recruitment procedures and representations, and information as to terms and conditions of employment. Existing law provides that any person who violates or induces a violation of the latter provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law also permits any person aggrieved by a violation of these provisions to bring an action for injunctive relief or damages, or both, and authorizes recovery of damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, in an amount not less than $500, if the aggrieved person prevails on the action."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 477"
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citation: "California SB 477 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Foreign labor contractors: registration."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2013-02-21"
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last_action: "2014-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae104cf6-2019-4916-829b-2b1fb995c8af"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB477"
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source_hash: "15a80abc5c3bedba771b0fbdd17d8887dde2d0659b8a50a9a1dc93fb1892feed"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 477 (20132014) — Foreign labor contractors: registration.
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Existing federal law permits certain aliens to engage in employment in the United States under specified conditions. Existing state law regulates the services of foreign labor contractors, as defined, with regard to contracts, recruitment procedures and representations, and information as to terms and conditions of employment. Existing law provides that any person who violates or induces a violation of the latter provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law also permits any person aggrieved by a violation of these provisions to bring an action for injunctive relief or damages, or both, and authorizes recovery of damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, in an amount not less than $500, if the aggrieved person prevails on the action.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB477&version=20130SB47799INT)
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2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB477&version=20130SB47798AMD)
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3. **05/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB477&version=20130SB47797AMD)
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4. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB477&version=20130SB47795CHP)
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5. **SB477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB477)
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6. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB477&version=20130SB47796ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB477 Steinberg By De Leon — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB477 Steinberg Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 477 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **66–10** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Steinberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-01-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-01-14** Set for hearing January 21.
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- **2014-01-21** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2014-01-22** Set for hearing January 23.
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- **2014-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2644.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-01-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-01-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2687.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-01-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2014-04-24** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 6409.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2014-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4914.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 711, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae104cf6-2019-4916-829b-2b1fb995c8af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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