California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 295 — Farm labor contractors: sexual harassment prevention.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 424, Statutes of 2017.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires farm labor contractors to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to farm labor contractors. A violation of those laws is a crime. Existing law prohibits the issuance of a farm labor contractor license unless the applicant attests in writing that certain employees have received sexual harassment prevention and reporting training in accordance with prescribed requirements relating to the substance, administration, and record of the training. This bill would additionally require that training for each agricultural employee be in the language understood by that employee. The bill would require a licensee, as part of his or her application for license renewal, to provide the commissioner with a complete list of all materials or resources utilized to provide sexual harassment prevention training to his or her agricultural employees in the calendar year prior to the month the renewal application is submitted. The bill would also require a licensee, as part of that application for license renewal, to provide to the commissioner the total number of agricultural employees trained in sexual harassment prevention in the calendar year prior to the month the renewal application is submitted. The bill would require the commissioner to aggregate the data provided by licensees regarding the number of employees trained and publish on his or her Internet Web site the total number of agricultural employees trained in the previous calendar year. The bill would make it a violation of existing laws relating to farm labor contractors to fail to comply with specific existing provisions relating to the training requirements or the bill's requirement to provide the training in the language understood by the employee. The bill would authorize the commissioner to issue citations and assess civil penalties of $100 for each violation, as prescribed. Because a violation of the new provisions would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 424, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2926.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 3264.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1).

  12. August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  15. Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1267.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1181.) (May 25).

  20. Set for hearing May 25.

  21. April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. Set for hearing April 24.

  23. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 626.) (April 4).

  25. Set for hearing April 4.

  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 445.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  27. Set for hearing March 22.

  28. Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD.

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.

  30. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Medina · Cosponsor
  • Monning · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Monning

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Medina

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB295 Monning et al. Concurrence

Passed 30 Yea · 10 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 251000
Democratic 5000
Total 301000
% of votes cast 75%25%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
De León — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 295 Monning Senate Third Reading By MEDINA

Passed 55 Yea · 21 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 411403
Democratic 14100
Republican 0600
Total 552103
% of votes cast 70%27%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Weber — Yea
Baker — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Levine — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Fong — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 11 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8401
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 11501
% of votes cast 65%29%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Fong — Nay
Gray — Not Voting
Friedman — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SB295 Monning et al.

Passed 30 Yea · 9 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25901
Democratic 5000
Total 30901
% of votes cast 75%23%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Morrell — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 295 do?
Existing law requires farm labor contractors to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to farm labor contractors. A violation of those laws is a crime. Existing law prohibits the issuance of a farm labor contractor license unless the applicant attests in writing that certain employees have received sexual harassment prevention and reporting training in accordance with prescribed requirements relating to the substance, administration, and record of the training. This bill would additionally require that training for each agricultural employee be in the language understood by that employee. The bill would require a licensee, as part of his or her application for license renewal, to provide the commissioner with a complete list of all materials or resources utilized to provide sexual harassment prevention training to his or her agricultural employees in the calendar year prior to the month the renewal application is submitted. The bill would also require a licensee, as part of that application for license renewal, to provide to the commissioner the total number of agricultural employees trained in sexual harassment prevention in the calendar year prior to the month the renewal application is submitted. The bill would require the commissioner to aggregate the data provided by licensees regarding the number of employees trained and publish on his or her Internet Web site the total number of agricultural employees trained in the previous calendar year. The bill would make it a violation of existing laws relating to farm labor contractors to fail to comply with specific existing provisions relating to the training requirements or the bill's requirement to provide the training in the language understood by the employee. The bill would authorize the commissioner to issue citations and assess civil penalties of $100 for each violation, as prescribed. Because a violation of the new provisions would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 295?
SB 295 is sponsored by Medina and Monning.
What is the current status of SB 295?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 295?
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