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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employer communications: intimidation."
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description: "Existing law, the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, provides that it is the policy of the state to encourage and protect the right of agricultural employees to full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing to negotiate the terms and conditions of their employment, and to be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives, self-organization, or other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 399"
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citation: "California SB 399 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Employer communications", "intimidation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2024-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a1402d6-3673-41b2-aeb8-47936781f228"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB399"
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source_hash: "3ce5ea570fb013ec9eeaa9d203f53a990ec9f5b5e52bd500b5d2350c0a72c93e"
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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 399 (20232024) — Employer communications: intimidation.
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Existing law, the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, provides that it is the policy of the state to encourage and protect the right of agricultural employees to full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing to negotiate the terms and conditions of their employment, and to be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives, self-organization, or other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
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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. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB399&version=20230SB39999INT)
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2. **05/02/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB399&version=20230SB39998AMD)
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3. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB399&version=20230SB39997AMD)
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4. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB399&version=20230SB39995CHP)
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5. **SB399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB399)
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6. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB399&version=20230SB39996ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB399 Wahab et al. — **26–7** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB399 Wahab et al. Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 399 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Haney — **51–17** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **10–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wahab — primary (person)
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- Durazo — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 12.
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- **2023-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 712.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2023-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 893.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-05** Set for hearing May 15.
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- **2023-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-16** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1168.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 1289.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-08** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2024-06-19** June 19 set for second hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 17. Page 6993.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5785.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 670, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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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/1a1402d6-3673-41b2-aeb8-47936781f228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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