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type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: volunteers."
description: "Existing law defines \"public works,\" for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 327"
citation: "California AB 327 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: volunteers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-13"
last_action: "2015-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf6b402-aa64-40a3-992b-a5263052098c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB327"
source_hash: "29b0f00a03a3e53faa8cc4ab05f0a7415745afbaad21f7c19411027edbb5b7ef"
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 327 (20152016) — Public works: volunteers.
Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified.
## 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=201520160AB327&version=20150AB32799INT)
2. **04/30/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB327&version=20150AB32798AMD)
3. **07/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB327&version=20150AB32796CHP)
4. **AB327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB327)
5. **06/24/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB327&version=20150AB32797ENR)
## Votes
- Special Consent #3**370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 327 GORDON Consent Calendar Second Day — **780** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gordon — primary (person)
- Hancock — principal coauthor (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`
- **2015-04-30** 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`
- **2015-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1453.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1550.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2015-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 53, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baf6b402-aa64-40a3-992b-a5263052098c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).