republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-229.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination: complaints: administrative review."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from discharging or otherwise discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant engaged in specified protected conduct. Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to issue citations to persons determined to be responsible for violations. Existing law authorizes a person issued a citation to obtain review of the citation through various procedures, including requesting a hearing before a hearing officer for the commissioner and through a petition for a writ of mandate. Existing law requires a petitioner seeking a writ of mandate to first post a bond equal to the total amount of any minimum wages, liquidated damages, and overtime compensation. Existing law requires an employer who willfully refuses to comply with a final order pursuant to these provisions to pay prescribed civil penalties directly to the affected employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "California SB 229 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination: complaints: administrative review."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a01166c1-f8c1-466a-90d2-9697d15c7717"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB229"
source_hash: "2f4d0f403ce5d778a7ccc5f1458598343e3342f29901efd40ca57230c8dd6051"
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 229 (20192020) — Discrimination: complaints: administrative review.

Existing law prohibits a person from discharging or otherwise discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant engaged in specified protected conduct. Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to issue citations to persons determined to be responsible for violations. Existing law authorizes a person issued a citation to obtain review of the citation through various procedures, including requesting a hearing before a hearing officer for the commissioner and through a petition for a writ of mandate. Existing law requires a petitioner seeking a writ of mandate to first post a bond equal to the total amount of any minimum wages, liquidated damages, and overtime compensation. Existing law requires an employer who willfully refuses to comply with a final order pursuant to these provisions to pay prescribed civil penalties directly to the affected employee.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB229&version=20190SB22999INT)
2. **03/18/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB229&version=20190SB22998AMD)
3. **08/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB229&version=20190SB22997AMD)
4. **10/10/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB229&version=20190SB22995CHP)
5. **SB229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB229)
6. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB229&version=20190SB22996ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB229 Hertzberg Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 229 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — **58–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Set for hearing March 27.
- **2019-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 466.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 653.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 819.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 2964.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2500.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 721, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a01166c1-f8c1-466a-90d2-9697d15c7717`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).