republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-432.md

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Bill	Public works: aliens.	Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires the payment of not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, for work of a similar character in the locality in which a public works project is performed, to all workers employed on a public works project. With respect to the extension of public works, existing law extends preference for employment first to California citizens, next to citizens of other states who are in California at the time of application, and next to aliens who are in California at the time of application. Existing law defines "alien" as any person who is not a born or fully naturalized citizen of the United States.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 432	California SB 432 (20152016)	bill	Public works: aliens.	enacted	Mendoza	5	19	4	2015-02-25	2015-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/1a374427-72f2-46a3-88a6-74778e7f2bea	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB432	9f118c6d0a11a05d2ab10aad8f7fc23e8cd28fc2cbf12befa449f167f95831a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 432 (20152016) — Public works: aliens.

Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires the payment of not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, for work of a similar character in the locality in which a public works project is performed, to all workers employed on a public works project. With respect to the extension of public works, existing law extends preference for employment first to California citizens, next to citizens of other states who are in California at the time of application, and next to aliens who are in California at the time of application. Existing law defines "alien" as any person who is not a born or fully naturalized citizen of the United States.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB432 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 432 Mendoza Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — 70–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mendoza — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1702.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Ordered to second reading.
• 2015-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 841.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 2326.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2015-07-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2015-08-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-08-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 160, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a374427-72f2-46a3-88a6-74778e7f2bea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).