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Bill	California Prompt Payment Act: late payment penalties.	Existing law, the California Prompt Payment Act, generally provides that a state agency that acquires property or services pursuant to a contract with a business but fails to make payment to the person or business on the date required by the contract is subject to a late payment penalty, as specified. The act also requires the required payment approval date, as defined, to be extended by 30 calendar days if an invoice from a business under a contract with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (department) would become subject to late payment penalties during the annually declared fire season, as declared by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection (director) , except if the contract is with a certified small business, a nonprofit organization, or a nonprofit public benefit corporation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1177	California AB 1177 (20252026)	bill	CaliforniaPromptPaymentAct latepaymentpenalties	enacted	Connolly	5	20	5	2025-02-21	2025-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b9719a21-4d73-4224-879a-bca804028bcb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1177	060e20c751ea4c6cc1f74942f0fa08034ce10651a0acbdcf801ed08465db659e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1177 (20252026) — California Prompt Payment Act: late payment penalties.

Existing law, the California Prompt Payment Act, generally provides that a state agency that acquires property or services pursuant to a contract with a business but fails to make payment to the person or business on the date required by the contract is subject to a late payment penalty, as specified. The act also requires the required payment approval date, as defined, to be extended by 30 calendar days if an invoice from a business under a contract with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (department) would become subject to late payment penalties during the annually declared fire season, as declared by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection (director) , except if the contract is with a certified small business, a nonprofit organization, or a nonprofit public benefit corporation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/14/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1177 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1177 Connolly Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Connolly — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1570.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-28 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1810.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-07-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 47, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9719a21-4d73-4224-879a-bca804028bcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).