---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: private residential projects."
description: "(1) Existing law exempts private residential projects built on private property from certain requirements for projects that are defined as \"public works,\" including, among other requirements, the payment of prevailing wages, unless the project is built pursuant to an agreement with a state agency, redevelopment agency, or local public housing authority. Existing law makes a willful violation by any officer, agent, or representative of the state or of any political subdivision of the state of specific laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages and the hours worked on public works projects a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 199"
citation: "California AB 199 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: private residential projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb84372e-fbf5-4a0b-9518-a4155384838f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB199"
source_hash: "b7e223783e108b0799403ab4b812c634adb6d7984d4141e825ae33fe7a2e96d5"
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 199 (20172018) — Public works: private residential projects.

(1) Existing law exempts private residential projects built on private property from certain requirements for projects that are defined as "public works," including, among other requirements, the payment of prevailing wages, unless the project is built pursuant to an agreement with a state agency, redevelopment agency, or local public housing authority. Existing law makes a willful violation by any officer, agent, or representative of the state or of any political subdivision of the state of specific laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages and the hours worked on public works projects a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB199&version=20170AB19999INT)
2. **04/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB199&version=20170AB19998AMD)
3. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB199&version=20170AB19997AMD)
4. **10/09/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB199&version=20170AB19995CHP)
5. **AB199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB199)
6. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB199&version=20170AB19996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 199 CHU Assembly Third Reading — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB199 Chu et al. By Hernandez — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- AB 199 Chu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Thurmond — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 1978.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-07-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 2856.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3396.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb84372e-fbf5-4a0b-9518-a4155384838f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).