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Bill	Public contracts: prevailing wages.	Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds. Existing law further requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages be paid to workers employed on public works and imposes misdemeanor penalties for a violation of this requirement. Existing law provides that for the purposes of provisions of law relating to the payment of prevailing wages, "public works" includes specified types of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, and repair work.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 136	California SB 136 (20112012)	bill	Public contracts: prevailing wages.	enacted	Yee	9	33	9	2011-01-31	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/78d1840f-189b-4da5-81e7-e41df89380de	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB136	d5443b5f39ba3e4e372ae52b8fcb09681076a6ce454a65f761f7844e25f60e49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 136 (20112012) — Public contracts: prevailing wages.

Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds. Existing law further requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages be paid to workers employed on public works and imposes misdemeanor penalties for a violation of this requirement. Existing law provides that for the purposes of provisions of law relating to the payment of prevailing wages, "public works" includes specified types of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, and repair work.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/28/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB136 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Be referred to Committee on Labor and Employment. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB136 Yee Concurrence — 22–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 136 Yee Senate Third Reading By SOLORIO — 54–25 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Yee — primary (person)
• Solorio — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
• 2011-02-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2011-04-27 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-29 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 885.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1013.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1181.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-06-21 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-06-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-07-01 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2011-07-05 Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2177.)
• 2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 2638.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2011-08-30 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 2123.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2011-09-01 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 2261.) committee-passage
• 2011-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 2441.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 698, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78d1840f-189b-4da5-81e7-e41df89380de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).