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Bill	Public works.	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 defines "public works" to include, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds, but exempts from that definition, among other projects, an otherwise private development project if the state or political subdivision provides, directly or indirectly, a public subsidy to the private development project that is de minimis in the context of the project.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 2231	California AB 2231 (20192020)	bill	Public works.	enacted	Kalra	6	23	6	2020-02-13	2020-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/244b8e73-902b-4328-ad7b-fb19df54b9cf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2231	4af7662edb1eea7176317bdb94435f8a674639851fc54b9fd76caa0719d289a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2231 (20192020) — Public works.

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 defines "public works" to include, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds, but exempts from that definition, among other projects, an otherwise private development project if the state or political subdivision provides, directly or indirectly, a public subsidy to the private development project that is de minimis in the context of the project.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/06/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/19/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2231 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/27/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2231 Kalra By Monning — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2231 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–14 (pass) · lower
• AB 2231 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 57–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2020-02-24 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2020-03-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-05-06 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
• 2020-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2020-05-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 4689.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-07-01 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2020-08-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 4298.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2020-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 14. Page 5226.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 346, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/244b8e73-902b-4328-ad7b-fb19df54b9cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).