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Bill	Prevailing wage: public works.	Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages, the regulation of working hours, and the securing of workers' compensation for public works projects. Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages on public works a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1768	California AB 1768 (20192020)	bill	Prevailing wage: public works.	enacted	Carrillo	6	25	6	2019-02-22	2019-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b4cb5404-622a-4e96-80c2-9d78b3a6a33c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1768	8c62de6e74e5b717e836316100bf35bf71be2030e36fdee82799c2164c5fef4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1768 (20192020) — Prevailing wage: public works.

Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages, the regulation of working hours, and the securing of workers' compensation for public works projects. Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages on public works a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1768 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1768 Carrillo By Hill — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• AB 1768 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — 61–12 (pass) · lower
• AB 1768 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 64–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carrillo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-21 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 2. Page 1633.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2758.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 13. Page 3426.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 719, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4cb5404-622a-4e96-80c2-9d78b3a6a33c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).