republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3231.md

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Bill	Employment: public works: apprenticeship.	Existing law requires each contractor and subcontractor to keep accurate payroll records showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time, and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by him or her in connection with the public work. Existing law provides that a joint labor-management committee, established pursuant to a specified provision of federal law, is authorized to bring an action against any employer who fails to pay prevailing wages as required by state law. Existing law requires that copies of payroll records on public works projects be made available for inspection as specified, including a limit on redactions if made available for inspection by, or furnished to, a joint labor management committee.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3231	California AB 3231 (20172018)	bill	Employment: public works: apprenticeship.	enacted	Gray	6	25	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/759ecf03-5a9c-4bb1-a14f-c9b5ef9994d4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3231	94666fdbf7c6c9960c6aef59c622f425908db46d4bef29f8fdc784846e54deb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3231 (20172018) — Employment: public works: apprenticeship.

Existing law requires each contractor and subcontractor to keep accurate payroll records showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time, and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by him or her in connection with the public work. Existing law provides that a joint labor-management committee, established pursuant to a specified provision of federal law, is authorized to bring an action against any employer who fails to pay prevailing wages as required by state law. Existing law requires that copies of payroll records on public works projects be made available for inspection as specified, including a limit on redactions if made available for inspection by, or furnished to, a joint labor management committee.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/14/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/22/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB3231 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Industrial Relations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 3231 GRAY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB3231 Gray By Cannella — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• AB 3231 GRAY Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gray — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-15 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2018-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5008.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-20 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5512.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-23 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2018-08-27 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6647.)
• 2018-08-29 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 29). committee-passage
• 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 6983.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 682, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/759ecf03-5a9c-4bb1-a14f-c9b5ef9994d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).