SB 846 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Liens: harvested crops.

Summary
Existing law extends to any person who, as an employee, and by their own labor, performs work harvesting or transporting harvested crops or farm products that are owned and grown or produced by a limited partnership, a lien upon the severed crops or farm products, or proceeds from their sale, for the value of the labor done, unless the owner who otherwise would be subject to a lien gives the Labor Commissioner a bond that is conditioned upon the payment of all wages found to be due and unpaid in connection with the operations, as specified. This bill would remove the condition on imposition of a lien, as described above, that the crops or farm products be owned and grown or produced by a limited partnership.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Signed Jul 14, 2025
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2025 · Assembly Jun 23, 2025

How they voted

340
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 40
May 15, 2025
D Democratic30
26 Yea 4
86% Yea
R Republican10
8 Yea 2
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jul 14, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Jun 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2248.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17).
lower
May 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6).
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Jerry McNerney
Jerry McNerney
DDemocratic
CA
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