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type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: charter cities."
description: "Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law defines \"public works\" to include, 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, and street, sewer, or other improvement work done under the direction and supervision or by the authority of any officer or public body of the state, or of any political subdivision or district thereof, whether the political subdivision or district operates under a freeholder's charter or not."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "California SB 7 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: charter cities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa84eadc-8156-4da1-9c83-76943d6ba4aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB7"
source_hash: "6df11c0d4a8a372aaa70340331b9dc96e6974ee3c93b79158e5f2e3780a7b9e3"
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 7 (20132014) — Public works: charter cities.
Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law defines "public works" to include, 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, and street, sewer, or other improvement work done under the direction and supervision or by the authority of any officer or public body of the state, or of any political subdivision or district thereof, whether the political subdivision or district operates under a freeholder's charter or not.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB7&version=20130SB799INT)
2. **02/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB7&version=20130SB798AMD)
3. **08/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB7&version=20130SB797AMD)
4. **10/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB7&version=20130SB795CHP)
5. **SB7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB7)
6. **09/09/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB7&version=20130SB796ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 7 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — **5222** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **61** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **2810** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **31** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB7 Steinberg Concurrence — **2213** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — **63** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Cannella — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Set for hearing March 13.
- **2013-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 291.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-03-22** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2013-04-08** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1004.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1094.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-30** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 22. Page 2869.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2172.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 794, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa84eadc-8156-4da1-9c83-76943d6ba4aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).