---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation: retention proceeds."
description: "Existing law prohibits the Department of Transportation, until January 1, 2020, from withholding retention proceeds when making progress payments for work performed by a contractor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "California SB 197 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation: retention proceeds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24883659-8aeb-482b-8932-0efcc419f516"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197"
source_hash: "b9f4021bbf5c2480cbce8ca5d7cb1d4e0aa2f3c4d4307d9c8abd0710c43755a9"
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 197 (20192020) — Department of Transportation: retention proceeds.

Existing law prohibits the Department of Transportation, until January 1, 2020, from withholding retention proceeds when making progress payments for work performed by a contractor.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197&version=20190SB19799INT)
2. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197&version=20190SB19797CHP)
3. **SB197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197)
4. **09/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB197&version=20190SB19798ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB197 Beall et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 197 Beall Senate Third Reading By Frazier — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 441.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2019-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 598.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 744.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3038.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9 a.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 842, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24883659-8aeb-482b-8932-0efcc419f516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).