republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1598.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: public works: installation."
description: "Existing law defines the term \"public works\" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages. Existing law generally defines \"public works\" to include construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages on public works a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1598"
citation: "California AB 1598 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: public works: installation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-06"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4324f83-2f49-4b9b-8e64-2b588995b3cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1598"
source_hash: "1fe192e668a6e441822f52594d402640940f236f93de9b8608c63955c5f730bb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1598 (20112012) — Public contracts: public works: installation.

Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages. Existing law generally defines "public works" to include construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages on public works a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1598&version=20110AB159899INT)
2. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1598&version=20110AB159898AMD)
3. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1598&version=20110AB159896CHP)
4. **AB1598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1598)
5. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1598&version=20110AB159897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1598 Buchanan By DeSaulnier — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 1598 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — **48–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2012-02-17** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4559.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 24. Page 4592.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-07-02** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4702.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 810, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4324f83-2f49-4b9b-8e64-2b588995b3cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).