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Bill	Public contracts: public works: installation.	Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages. Existing law generally defines "public works" to include construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages on public works a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1598	California AB 1598 (20112012)	bill	Public contracts: public works: installation.	enacted	Buchanan	5	20	7	2012-02-06	2012-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d4324f83-2f49-4b9b-8e64-2b588995b3cc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1598	1fe192e668a6e441822f52594d402640940f236f93de9b8608c63955c5f730bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1598 (20112012) — Public contracts: public works: installation.

Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages. Existing law generally defines "public works" to include construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages on public works a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/26/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/30/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1598 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1598 Buchanan By DeSaulnier — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• AB 1598 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — 48–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buchanan — primary (person)
• Gatto — coauthor (person)
• Lara — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2012-02-17 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4559.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 24. Page 4592.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2012-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-07-02 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4702.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 810, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4324f83-2f49-4b9b-8e64-2b588995b3cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).