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type: "Bill"
title: "State government: prompt payment of claims."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2181"
citation: "California AB 2181 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State government: prompt payment of claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afaa156c-e3a0-4710-8ebf-3f2e60d4042d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2181"
source_hash: "c0a19f23e249d4dbfe59d91ea4b0c80e0bf407464220f6cb7d07e78686dbc440"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2181&version=20110AB218199INT)
2. **08/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2181&version=20110AB218197CHP)
3. **AB2181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2181)
4. **08/13/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2181&version=20110AB218198ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2181 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **5418** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2181 Galgiani By Price — **2811** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **112** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **124** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **90** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afaa156c-e3a0-4710-8ebf-3f2e60d4042d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).