---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: public entities: project labor agreements."
description: "Existing law sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by public entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 922"
citation: "California SB 922 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: public entities: project labor agreements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/144b37f3-6ad1-4583-8dde-3e163a858e1b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922"
source_hash: "e927e43a040c399509072fdcd65a22e3adbe0066ef7df3cc564f023e427e41d8"
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 922 (20112012) — Public contracts: public entities: project labor agreements.

Existing law sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by public entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922&version=20110SB92299INT)
2. **03/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922&version=20110SB92298AMD)
3. **06/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922&version=20110SB92297AMD)
4. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922&version=20110SB92296AMD)
5. **09/08/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922&version=20110SB92295AMD)
6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922&version=20110SB92293CHP)
7. **SB922** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922)
8. **09/14/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB922&version=20110SB92294ENR)

## Votes

- SB 922 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading Amend By WILLIAMS Set #1 — **49–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 2 SB922 Steinberg Concurrence — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- SB 922 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #2 SB922 Negrete McLeod — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Hayashi — principal coauthor (person)
- John A. Pérez — principal coauthor (person)
- Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
- Williams — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 676.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 907.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-11** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Charles Calderon.
- **2011-09-01** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Charles Calderon.
- **2011-09-02** From inactive file.
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 2864.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-06** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-06** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-06** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2885.)
- **2011-09-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (September 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (September 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-09** Consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2011-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 3184.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-09** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2457.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-09-09** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 2499.) `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2480.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 431, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/144b37f3-6ad1-4583-8dde-3e163a858e1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).