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type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: volunteers."
description: "Existing law defines \"public works,\" for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 587"
citation: "California AB 587 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: volunteers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2803ea46-c071-463f-b673-a87409de5363"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB587"
source_hash: "5a62159f659a1c8e60f2a5668449805f1a987a336e75eda76e9e8ff367c1d5e4"
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 587 (20112012) — Public works: volunteers.
Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB587&version=20110AB58799INT)
2. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB587&version=20110AB58798AMD)
3. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB587&version=20110AB58796CHP)
4. **AB587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB587)
5. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB587&version=20110AB58797ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **60** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB587 Gordon By Hancock — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 587 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **760** (pass) · lower
- AB 587 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gordon — primary (person)
- Furutani — author (person)
- Hancock — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1168.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-06-23** From consent calendar.
- **2011-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-06-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1856.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2383.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2803ea46-c071-463f-b673-a87409de5363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).