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Bill	State government: prompt payment of claims.	The California Prompt Payment Act dictates that a state agency that fails to make a timely payment for goods or services acquired pursuant to a contract with a specified business or organization is subject to a late payment penalty.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2181	California AB 2181 (20112012)	bill	State government: prompt payment of claims.	enacted	Galgiani	4	18	5	2012-02-23	2012-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/afaa156c-e3a0-4710-8ebf-3f2e60d4042d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2181	c0a19f23e249d4dbfe59d91ea4b0c80e0bf407464220f6cb7d07e78686dbc440	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2181 (20112012) — State government: prompt payment of claims.

The California Prompt Payment Act dictates that a state agency that fails to make a timely payment for goods or services acquired pursuant to a contract with a specified business or organization is subject to a late payment penalty.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2181 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/13/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2181 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — 54–18 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2181 Galgiani By Price — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Galgiani — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 4596.) 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 G.O. referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-25 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 4434.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
• 2012-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 199, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afaa156c-e3a0-4710-8ebf-3f2e60d4042d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).