republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-326.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: prevailing wage rates: wage and penalty assessments."
description: "Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to issue a civil wage and penalty assessment to a contractor or subcontractor, or both, if the Labor Commissioner determines, after investigation, that the contractor or subcontractor, or both, violated the laws regulating public works contracts, including the payment of prevailing wages. Existing law also requires the awarding body, as defined, to withhold from payments due under a contract for public work an amount sufficient to satisfy the civil wage and penalty assessment issued by the Labor Commissioner, and to give notice of the withholding to the affected contractor or subcontractor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 326"
citation: "California AB 326 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: prevailing wage rates: wage and penalty assessments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-13"
last_action: "2016-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711f2d55-c96c-46e2-919e-3c91719bb267"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326"
source_hash: "c20affc3083eed55b83d0dc8213486a7f01281fca2bb1951cba7581dfda9049c"
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 AB 326 (20152016) — Public works: prevailing wage rates: wage and penalty assessments.

Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to issue a civil wage and penalty assessment to a contractor or subcontractor, or both, if the Labor Commissioner determines, after investigation, that the contractor or subcontractor, or both, violated the laws regulating public works contracts, including the payment of prevailing wages. Existing law also requires the awarding body, as defined, to withhold from payments due under a contract for public work an amount sufficient to satisfy the civil wage and penalty assessment issued by the Labor Commissioner, and to give notice of the withholding to the affected contractor or subcontractor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326&version=20150AB32699INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326&version=20150AB32697AMD)
3. **04/21/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326&version=20150AB32698AMD)
4. **05/10/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326&version=20150AB32696AMD)
5. **06/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326&version=20150AB32695AMD)
6. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326&version=20150AB32693CHP)
7. **AB326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326)
8. **08/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB326&version=20150AB32694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 326 FRAZIER Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB326 Frazier By Cannella — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 326 FRAZIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3426.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4954.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5876.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/711f2d55-c96c-46e2-919e-3c91719bb267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).