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Bill
Public works: volunteers.
Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified.
us/states/ca
California Legislature
20112012
AB 587
California AB 587 (20112012)
Public works: volunteers.
enacted
5
21
5
2011-02-16
2011-09-06
openstates
ocd-bill/2803ea46-c071-463f-b673-a87409de5363
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB587
5a62159f659a1c8e60f2a5668449805f1a987a336e75eda76e9e8ff367c1d5e4
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump
2026-07-06
reported
California AB 587 (20112012) — Public works: volunteers.
Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
02/16/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
06/30/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
09/06/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
AB587 (committee substitute) — source
08/16/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
Do pass. — 6– 0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB587 Gordon By Hancock — 37– 0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 6– 0 (pass) · upper
AB 587 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 76– 0 (pass) · lower
AB 587 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77– 0 (pass) · lower
Gordon — primary (person)
Furutani — author (person)
Hancock — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2011-04-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1168.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-06-23 From consent calendar.
2011-06-23 Ordered to third reading.
2011-06-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1856.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2383.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
2011-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/2803ea46-c071-463f-b673-a87409de5363. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).