---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: withheld payments."
description: "The State Contract Act generally provides for a contracting process by state agencies for public works of improvement pursuant to a competitive bidding process, under which bids are awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, with specified alternative procurement procedures authorized in certain cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1192"
citation: "California SB 1192 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: withheld payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7f63f5d-bf01-4ec7-a8c3-c3a3057dc22b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1192"
source_hash: "cb3c927e25b7521bf9167ea28f2201abface8bb39e68f07809eca16b3c03ffee"
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 1192 (20212022) — Public contracts: withheld payments.

The State Contract Act generally provides for a contracting process by state agencies for public works of improvement pursuant to a competitive bidding process, under which bids are awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, with specified alternative procurement procedures authorized in certain cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1192&version=20210SB119299INT)
2. **07/01/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1192&version=20210SB119297CHP)
3. **SB1192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1192)
4. **06/27/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1192&version=20210SB119298ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB1192 Ochoa Bogh — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1192 Ochoa Bogh Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3251.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3305.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5518.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2022-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 93, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7f63f5d-bf01-4ec7-a8c3-c3a3057dc22b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).