republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1939.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs."
description: "Existing law generally requires the payment of not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work, as defined, is performed, and not less than the prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work, to workers employed on public works projects of greater than $1,000. Existing law requires an awarding body, as defined, to obtain the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1939"
citation: "California AB 1939 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f685aad7-cd0e-4104-9e95-5be1413482dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1939"
source_hash: "2cfbebf480b7df7154a527a668b2259846e6ab1074ac3e637c1d2a4654a8cf01"
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 1939 (20132014) — Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs.

Existing law generally requires the payment of not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work, as defined, is performed, and not less than the prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work, to workers employed on public works projects of greater than $1,000. Existing law requires an awarding body, as defined, to obtain the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations.

## 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=201320140AB1939&version=20130AB193999INT)
2. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1939&version=20130AB193998AMD)
3. **06/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1939&version=20130AB193997AMD)
4. **06/25/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1939&version=20130AB193996AMD)
5. **07/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1939&version=20130AB193994CHP)
6. **AB1939** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1939)
7. **07/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1939&version=20130AB193995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1939 DALY Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1939 Daly By Padilla — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1939 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daly — 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.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4765.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4196.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5804.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 161, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f685aad7-cd0e-4104-9e95-5be1413482dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).