Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs.
Existing law generally requires the payment of not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work, as defined, is performed, and not less than the prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work, to workers employed on public works projects of greater than $1,000. Existing law requires an awarding body, as defined, to obtain the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations.
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20132014
AB 1939
California AB 1939 (20132014)
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Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs.
California AB 1939 (20132014) — Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs.
Existing law generally requires the payment of not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work, as defined, is performed, and not less than the prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work, to workers employed on public works projects of greater than $1,000. Existing law requires an awarding body, as defined, to obtain the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1939 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Daly — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2014-03-06 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2014-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2014-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4765.) 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 JUD. referral-committee
2014-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4196.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-06-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-07-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5804.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 161, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f685aad7-cd0e-4104-9e95-5be1413482dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).