republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-92.md

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Bill	Public contracts: payment.	Existing law until January 1, 2018, authorizes the retention proceeds withheld from any payment by an awarding entity, as described, from the original contractor, by the original contractor from any subcontractor, and by a subcontractor from any subcontractor to exceed 5% on specific projects where the director of the applicable department, as specified, has made, or the governing body of the public entity or designated official of the public entity has approved, a finding prior to the bid that the project is substantially complex and requires a higher retention and the department or public entity includes both this finding and the actual retention amount in the bid documents.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 92	California AB 92 (20172018)	bill	Public contracts: payment.	enacted	Bonta	4	18	3	2017-01-09	2017-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/56319620-fd12-4842-9f20-0a42fdd35e30	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB92	d265256a1de04643ed3ebc3c801b7368295c51bedb3877b5d8dd71b8f295962f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 92 (20172018) — Public contracts: payment.

Existing law until January 1, 2018, authorizes the retention proceeds withheld from any payment by an awarding entity, as described, from the original contractor, by the original contractor from any subcontractor, and by a subcontractor from any subcontractor to exceed 5% on specific projects where the director of the applicable department, as specified, has made, or the governing body of the public entity or designated official of the public entity has approved, a finding prior to the bid that the project is substantially complex and requires a higher retention and the department or public entity includes both this finding and the actual retention amount in the bid documents.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/10/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB92 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd AB92 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 92 BONTA Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1388.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-06-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1611.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2017-07-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-07-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56319620-fd12-4842-9f20-0a42fdd35e30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).