CA AB 2227

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Farm labor contractors: surety bonds.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law requires a farm labor contractor to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to farm labor contractors. Existing law prohibits the Labor Commissioner from issuing or renewing a license to act as a farm labor contractor unless specified requirements are met. Existing law requires an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a farm labor contractor license to have deposited with the Labor Commissioner a surety bond to be payable for, among other things, interest on wages and for any damages arising from violation of orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission and for any other monetary relief awarded to an agricultural worker as a result of a violation of specified employment laws. Existing law requires the amount of the surety bond to be based on the size of the person's annual payroll for all employees, and requires, for payrolls up to $500,000, a $25,000 bond, for payrolls of $500,000 to $2,000,000, a $50,000 bond, and for payrolls greater than $2,000,000, a $75,000 bond. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to require documentation of the size of the person's annual payroll for purposes of these provisions, as provided. This bill would instead require the amount of the surety bond to be based on the size of the person's annual gross receipts for all employees. Specifically, the bill would require, for gross receipts up to $500,000, a $50,000 bond, for gross receipts of $500,000 to $2,000,000, a $100,000 bond, and for gross receipts greater than $2,000,000, a $150,000 bond. The bill would require the Labor Commissioner to require documentation of the size of the person's gross receipts for purposes of these provisions, as provided. The bill would require the Labor Commissioner to, among other things, include bond information on the public farm labor contractor license database, as described.

Introduced: 2026-04-09
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-25 — Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2026-04-09
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-13
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
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2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 20.)
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2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-06-15
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-06-25
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-06-25
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee

Versions

02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
04/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-09Compare
05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
06/15/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-15Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-22 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Kalra: yes
- Lee: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Alanis: other
- Chen: other
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
AB 2227 Connolly Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-28 · pass · 51-20
Member-level votes (80)
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Addis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Berman: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Krell: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Solache: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Macedo: no
- Davies: no
- Ávila Farías: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Johnson: no
- Flora: no
- Chen: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Alanis: no
- Sanchez: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Wallis: no
- Castillo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Bains: other
- Alvarez: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Soria: other
- Valencia: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Pacheco: other
- Lackey: other
- Ramos: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-24 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: no

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