---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing: construction: prevailing wages."
description: "Housing: construction: prevailing wages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1901"
citation: "California AB 1901 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing: construction: prevailing wages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-11"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2003e8f7-1cf7-4e5c-9985-0a8c6846e1c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901"
source_hash: "e963f5442c92c127e231be98b762157f622e598871f9ff241303657caa6976be"
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 AB 1901 (19992000) — Housing: construction: prevailing wages.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/11/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901&version=19990AB190199INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901&version=19990AB190198AMD)
3. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901&version=19990AB190197AMD)
4. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901&version=19990AB190196AMD)
5. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901&version=19990AB190195AMD)
6. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901&version=19990AB190193CHP)
7. **AB1901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901)
8. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1901&version=19990AB190194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 1901 CEDILLO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1901 Steinberg By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1901 STEINBERG CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 957, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8837.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (August 31). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 9018.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 6291.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-22** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6701.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2000-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2003e8f7-1cf7-4e5c-9985-0a8c6846e1c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).