republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2705.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor Commissioner."
description: "Existing law imposes various requirements on work performed on a public works project, as defined, including requirements for minimum wages to be paid. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner, after determining there has been a violation of these requirements, to issue a civil wage and penalty assessment to the contractor or subcontractor, or both. Existing law requires the assessment to be in writing and served not later than 18 months after the filing of a valid notice of completion in the office of the county recorder in each county in which the public work or some part thereof was performed, or not later than 18 months after acceptance of the public work, whichever occurs last. Existing law provides for this time period to be tolled under specified conditions. Existing law generally limits claimants from commencing an action to enforce the liability on a payment bond at any time after the claimant ceases to provide work, but not later than 6 months after the period in which a stop payment notice may be given."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2705"
citation: "California AB 2705 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor Commissioner"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01af850c-77a8-478b-9cd5-fbf37e921f82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2705"
source_hash: "5f424ddab23d442eb8c99a1c5598b042f13e58ff088ad7c7e2c1379c9233ed7e"
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 AB 2705 (20232024) — Labor Commissioner.

Existing law imposes various requirements on work performed on a public works project, as defined, including requirements for minimum wages to be paid. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner, after determining there has been a violation of these requirements, to issue a civil wage and penalty assessment to the contractor or subcontractor, or both. Existing law requires the assessment to be in writing and served not later than 18 months after the filing of a valid notice of completion in the office of the county recorder in each county in which the public work or some part thereof was performed, or not later than 18 months after acceptance of the public work, whichever occurs last. Existing law provides for this time period to be tolled under specified conditions. Existing law generally limits claimants from commencing an action to enforce the liability on a payment bond at any time after the claimant ceases to provide work, but not later than 6 months after the period in which a stop payment notice may be given.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2705&version=20230AB270599INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2705&version=20230AB270598AMD)
3. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2705&version=20230AB270597AMD)
4. **09/14/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2705&version=20230AB270595CHP)
5. **AB2705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2705)
6. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2705&version=20230AB270596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2705 Ortega Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LEE — **71–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2705 Ortega By Laird — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2705 Ortega Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2024-03-21** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** 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, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 4.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01af850c-77a8-478b-9cd5-fbf37e921f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).