republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Payment bonds: laborers."
description: "(1) Existing law requires that, for private and public works of improvement, and in a public works contract, a prime contractor or subcontractor pay to any subcontractor, not later than 10 days after receipt of each progress payment, unless otherwise agreed to in writing, the respective amount allowed the contractor on account of the work performed by the subcontractors, to the extent of each subcontractor's interest therein, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "California SB 293 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Payment bonds: laborers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6c06ce-30f1-4971-a5e9-11d3f87a7eea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293"
source_hash: "55f55295b801f5743154014a78be4a0cb2d2dd10493fcf2878a071206045a2e2"
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 SB 293 (20112012) — Payment bonds: laborers.

(1) Existing law requires that, for private and public works of improvement, and in a public works contract, a prime contractor or subcontractor pay to any subcontractor, not later than 10 days after receipt of each progress payment, unless otherwise agreed to in writing, the respective amount allowed the contractor on account of the work performed by the subcontractors, to the extent of each subcontractor's interest therein, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29399INT)
2. **03/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29398AMD)
3. **06/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29397AMD)
4. **06/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29396AMD)
5. **06/21/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29395AMD)
6. **07/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29394AMD)
7. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29393AMD)
8. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29392AMD)
9. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29391AMD)
10. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29389CHP)
11. **SB293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293)
12. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB293&version=20110SB29390ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB293 Padilla Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 293 Padilla Senate Third Reading By FUENTES Amend By FUENTES Set #1 — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 293 Padilla Senate Third Reading By FUENTES — **72–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 559.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 654.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2814.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 3004.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2410.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 700, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6c06ce-30f1-4971-a5e9-11d3f87a7eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).