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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of Transportation: retention proceeds."
+description: "Existing law prohibits the Department of Transportation, until January 1, 2020, from withholding retention proceeds when making progress payments for work performed by a contractor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20192020"
+identifier: "SB 197"
+citation: "California SB 197 (20192020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Department of Transportation: retention proceeds."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-10-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24883659-8aeb-482b-8932-0efcc419f516"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197"
+source_hash: "b9f4021bbf5c2480cbce8ca5d7cb1d4e0aa2f3c4d4307d9c8abd0710c43755a9"
+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 SB 197 (20192020) — Department of Transportation: retention proceeds.
+
+Existing law prohibits the Department of Transportation, until January 1, 2020, from withholding retention proceeds when making progress payments for work performed by a contractor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/31/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197&version=20190SB19799INT)
+2. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197&version=20190SB19797CHP)
+3. **SB197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197)
+4. **09/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197&version=20190SB19798ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading SB197 Beall et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 197 Beall Senate Third Reading By Frazier — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beall — primary (person)
+- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
+- **2019-02-13** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Set for hearing March 26.
+- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 441.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
+- **2019-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 598.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 744.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3038.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-09-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9 a.m.
+- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 842, Statutes of 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24883659-8aeb-482b-8932-0efcc419f516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+