republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-552.md

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Bill	Public works contracts: damages.	Existing law prescribes requirements for contracts between private parties and public entities, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 552	California AB 552 (20152016)	bill	Public works contracts: damages.	enacted	O'Donnell	9	30	8	2015-02-23	2015-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/e78a9bc8-cea3-4637-a71c-3fd1f6d91944	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB552	02921c0d7e7b34979acd19ee003bc2462c98bef1905c1b9edcf9800eab21a4bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 552 (20152016) — Public works contracts: damages.

Existing law prescribes requirements for contracts between private parties and public entities, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/02/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB552 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 552 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 552 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB552 O'Donnell By Jackson — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• O'Donnell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1385.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2641.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3059.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e78a9bc8-cea3-4637-a71c-3fd1f6d91944. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).