---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: projects funded by bonds: prevailing wages."
description: "Public works: projects funded by bonds: prevailing wages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1506"
citation: "California AB 1506 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: projects funded by bonds: prevailing wages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac8fc64f-9de4-482e-9de6-966fe778ad91"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1506"
source_hash: "cd6e2b5eb5e11ec74e8c02f0d02fa0965e4c99ad4939ed8115bb3aa639a7f2a3"
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 1506 (20032004) — Public works: projects funded by bonds: prevailing wages.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1506&version=20030AB150699INT)
2. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1506&version=20030AB150698AMD)
3. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1506&version=20030AB150697AMD)
4. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1506&version=20030AB150695CHP)
5. **AB1506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1506)
6. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1506&version=20030AB150696ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1506 negrete mcle by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1506 negrete mcleod assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1506 negrete mcleod concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 3805.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2472.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 1698.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac8fc64f-9de4-482e-9de6-966fe778ad91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).