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Bill Private works of improvement: retention payments. Existing law generally governs retention payments withheld with respect to a contract for a private work of improvement, including by requiring an owner that withholds a retention from a direct contractor to, within 45 days after completion of the work of improvement, pay the retention to the contractor. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 61 California SB 61 (20252026)
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California SB 61 (20252026) — Private works of improvement: retention payments.

Existing law generally governs retention payments withheld with respect to a contract for a private work of improvement, including by requiring an owner that withholds a retention from a direct contractor to, within 45 days after completion of the work of improvement, pay the retention to the contractor.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/09/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/14/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB61 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/25/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Consent Calendar 2nd — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 110 (pass) · lower
  • SB 61 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — 710 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Cortese — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-01-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
  • 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-26 Set for hearing April 8.
  • 2025-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 705.) (April 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-04-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-04-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2247.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-23 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2025-07-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
  • 2025-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc66a57e-fddb-448a-b680-e2a3532832d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).