republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2173.md

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Bill	Public contracts: payment.	Existing law, until January 1, 2023, 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	20212022	AB 2173	California AB 2173 (20212022)	bill	Public contracts: payment.	enacted	Petrie-Norris	4	15	4	2022-02-15	2022-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/a339ff5f-bada-4b8e-b078-051e9daa8dd9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2173	f96cd86c36d417a901caba7fd28fee1a357dffe7a40fae8abd6f8735a96e92f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2173 (20212022) — Public contracts: payment.

Existing law, until January 1, 2023, 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. 02/15/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/19/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2173 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB2173 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2173 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4506.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-11 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4434.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2022-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2022-07-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-07-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 121, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a339ff5f-bada-4b8e-b078-051e9daa8dd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).