Public contracts: public entities: project labor agreements.
Existing law sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by public entities and authorizes a public entity to use, enter into, or require contractors to enter into, a project labor agreement for a construction project if the agreement includes specified taxpayer protection provisions. Existing law also provides that if a charter provision, initiative, or ordinance of a charter city prohibits the governing board's consideration of a project labor agreement for a project to be awarded by the city, or prohibits the governing board from considering whether to allocate funds to a city-funded project covered by such an agreement, state funding or financial assistance may not be used to support that project, as specified.
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California Legislature
20112012
SB 829
California SB 829 (20112012)
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Public contracts: public entities: project labor agreements.
California SB 829 (20112012) — Public contracts: public entities: project labor agreements.
Existing law sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by public entities and authorizes a public entity to use, enter into, or require contractors to enter into, a project labor agreement for a construction project if the agreement includes specified taxpayer protection provisions. Existing law also provides that if a charter provision, initiative, or ordinance of a charter city prohibits the governing board's consideration of a project labor agreement for a project to be awarded by the city, or prohibits the governing board from considering whether to allocate funds to a city-funded project covered by such an agreement, state funding or financial assistance may not be used to support that project, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
SB 829 Rubio Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — 50–23 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
Be referred to Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB829 Rubio Concurrence — 25–13 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–2 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 23–15 (pass) · upper
From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Rubio — primary (person)
Alejo — coauthor (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Bonilla — coauthor (person)
Butler — coauthor (person)
Campos — coauthor (person)
De León — coauthor (person)
Eng — coauthor (person)
Hayashi — principal coauthor (person)
Hill — coauthor (person)
John A. Pérez — coauthor (person)
Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
Ma — coauthor (person)
Padilla — coauthor (person)
Solorio — coauthor (person)
Steinberg — coauthor (person)
Williams — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2011-03-10 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2011-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2011-04-13 Set for hearing April 27.
2011-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 766.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2011-05-16 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1122.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 1264.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2011-07-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
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
2011-08-17 Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-02-23 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
2012-02-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2012-03-01 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 1). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee, committee-passage
2012-03-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-03-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-03-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (March 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-03-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-04-09 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-09 Ordered to third reading.
2012-04-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 4343.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-04-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2012-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
2012-04-16 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 3165.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, committee-passage
2012-04-18 Set for hearing April 18.
2012-04-18 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 3206.) committee-passage
2012-04-19 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 3218.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-04-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
2012-04-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-04-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 11, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d34c1bf-ccf5-4310-9f56-47dc87a82d6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).