---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce."
description: "Existing law establishes specific instances where a public entity is required to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 693"
citation: "California SB 693 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c094a98-51ae-4804-8365-4a7d6f4f74d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB693"
source_hash: "25016365c687d1df9a65ba3ddd46d0c461931436384b89f06fce437d45f2c31d"
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 693 (20152016) — Public contracts: skilled and trained workforce.

Existing law establishes specific instances where a public entity is required to obtain an enforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or other entity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete a contract or project.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB693&version=20150SB69399INT)
2. **04/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB693&version=20150SB69398AMD)
3. **06/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB693&version=20150SB69397AMD)
4. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB693&version=20150SB69395CHP)
5. **SB693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB693)
6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB693&version=20150SB69396ENR)

## Votes

- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB693 Hueso Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 693 Hueso Senate Third Reading By RIDLEY-THOMAS — **64–14** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 509.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 557.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 5888.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-22** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5217.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-23** Set for hearing August 23.
- **2016-08-23** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 5317.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5371.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 774, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c094a98-51ae-4804-8365-4a7d6f4f74d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).