Existing law, until January 1, 2016, authorizes the retention proceeds withheld from any payment by an awarding entity, as described, from the original contractor, by the original contractor from any subcontractor, and by a subcontractor from any subcontractor to exceed 5% on specific projects where the director of the applicable department, as specified, has made, or the governing body of the public entity or designated official of the public entity has approved, a finding prior to the bid that the project is substantially complex and requires a higher retention and the department or public entity includes both this finding and the actual retention amount in the bid documents.
California AB 1705 (20132014) — Public contracts: payment.
Existing law, until January 1, 2016, authorizes the retention proceeds withheld from any payment by an awarding entity, as described, from the original contractor, by the original contractor from any subcontractor, and by a subcontractor from any subcontractor to exceed 5% on specific projects where the director of the applicable department, as specified, has made, or the governing body of the public entity or designated official of the public entity has approved, a finding prior to the bid that the project is substantially complex and requires a higher retention and the department or public entity includes both this finding and the actual retention amount in the bid documents.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1705 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1705 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1705 Williams By Leno — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Williams — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2014-03-28 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4755.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-15 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2014-06-10 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-06-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-11 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4501.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6107.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2014-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 670, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a183e4ef-f7b3-47da-984a-b3d7980e05d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).