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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public works: prevailing wage: per diem wages."
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description: "Existing law requires, except for public works projects of $1,000 or less, that workers employed on public works be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality that the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work fixed, as prescribed. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed, and the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 954"
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citation: "California SB 954 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public works: prevailing wage: per diem wages."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-02-04"
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last_action: "2016-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa91d9e-e992-4d04-b6fa-94bac03eb63d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB954"
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source_hash: "8dae13dfd4b82e5509dcdd9950beb49da9cad7391e0d881ea3ed5136304ec827"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 954 (20152016) — Public works: prevailing wage: per diem wages.
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Existing law requires, except for public works projects of $1,000 or less, that workers employed on public works be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality that the public work is performed, and not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work fixed, as prescribed. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed, and the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB954&version=20150SB95499INT)
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2. **06/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB954&version=20150SB95498AMD)
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3. **08/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB954&version=20150SB95496CHP)
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4. **SB954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB954)
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5. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB954&version=20150SB95497ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 954 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By THURMOND — **52–22** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB954 Hertzberg Concurrence — **23–12** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB954 Hertzberg Reconsider — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **28–11** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **27–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hertzberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-18** Set for hearing April 6.
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- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 3420.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
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- **2016-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2016-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-21** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hertzberg.
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- **2016-04-21** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3628.)
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- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 3628.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 22. Page 5711.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 4863.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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- **2016-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 231, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa91d9e-e992-4d04-b6fa-94bac03eb63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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