republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1870.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: prevailing wage: multiemployer apprenticeship program grants."
description: "Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Under existing law, an apprentice employed upon public works is required to be paid the prevailing rate of per diem wages for apprentices in the trade to which he or she is registered and to be employed only at the work of the craft or trade to which he or she is registered, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1870"
citation: "California AB 1870 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: prevailing wage: multiemployer apprenticeship program grants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e5a3da-e29e-49e5-83b4-5e9b7e37cd83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1870"
source_hash: "ef508ba180c42e1dd1eafd5f2726156809f9be85c3123e0a479cf64ab0df76d4"
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 1870 (20132014) — Public works: prevailing wage: multiemployer apprenticeship program grants.

Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Under existing law, an apprentice employed upon public works is required to be paid the prevailing rate of per diem wages for apprentices in the trade to which he or she is registered and to be employed only at the work of the craft or trade to which he or she is registered, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1870&version=20130AB187099INT)
2. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1870&version=20130AB187098AMD)
3. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1870&version=20130AB187096CHP)
4. **AB1870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1870)
5. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1870&version=20130AB187097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1870 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1870 Alejo By Hueso — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1870 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — **55–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alejo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 4955.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 4608.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 6723.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 890, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0e5a3da-e29e-49e5-83b4-5e9b7e37cd83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).