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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Private Works Change Order Fair Payment Act."
+description: "Existing law contains various provisions relating to contracts for the performance of private works of improvement, including provisions applicable to a retention withholding by an owner from a direct contractor or by a direct contractor from a subcontractor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 440"
+citation: "California SB 440 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PrivateWorksChangeOrderFairPaymentAct"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-18"
+last_action: "2025-10-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47217e8-06fe-4943-be9c-01c17d4a5a84"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB440"
+source_hash: "424a4cd4adb1e93ff4c2c76ce57fc61f59cbe11b56668ad1e6cf26d8da5ac3f4"
+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 440 (20252026) — Private Works Change Order Fair Payment Act.
+
+Existing law contains various provisions relating to contracts for the performance of private works of improvement, including provisions applicable to a retention withholding by an owner from a direct contractor or by a direct contractor from a subcontractor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB440&version=20250SB44099INT)
+2. **04/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB440&version=20250SB44098AMD)
+3. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB440&version=20250SB44097AMD)
+4. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB440&version=20250SB44095CHP)
+5. **SB440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB440)
+6. **09/02/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB440&version=20250SB44096ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 440 Ochoa Bogh Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd SB440 Ochoa Bogh et al. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Special Consent SB440 Ochoa Bogh et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)
+- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
+- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-11** Set for hearing May 6.
+- **2025-04-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1089.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2705.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2025-08-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2025-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2287.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 583, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c47217e8-06fe-4943-be9c-01c17d4a5a84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+