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Bill	Prevailing wage: per diem wages.	Existing law requires workers employed on public works to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality that the public work is performed, as prescribed, unless an exception applies. Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations to determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 889	California AB 889 (20252026)	bill	Prevailingwage perdiemwages	enacted	Hadwick	5	23	6	2025-02-19	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/55457317-3490-4a65-8548-b458b916619f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB889	a6bdeea08cf174f314cff58a782472b459a260213627d70fb1f2b46026e2a591	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 889 (20252026) — Prevailing wage: per diem wages.

Existing law requires workers employed on public works to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality that the public work is performed, as prescribed, unless an exception applies. Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations to determine the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB889 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 889 Hadwick Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB889 Hadwick et al. By Limón — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 889 Hadwick Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hadwick — primary (person)
• Chen — author (person)
• Flora — author (person)
• Gallagher — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1486.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-06-12 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2812.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3449.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 626, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55457317-3490-4a65-8548-b458b916619f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).