republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-776.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: prevailing wage rates: employer payment credits."
description: "Existing law defines the term \"public works\" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages, the regulation of working hours, and the securing of workers' compensation for public works projects. Existing law further requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations as specified, be paid to workers employed on public works projects, and imposes misdemeanor penalties for certain violations of this requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 776"
citation: "California SB 776 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: prevailing wage rates: employer payment credits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9445955b-d823-4f93-b0d8-a9338fbad37f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB776"
source_hash: "02e492f7fe07a993af5e1c3bb2163cda0ccfd247dfd4e4ba0506e82a7e475d56"
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 SB 776 (20132014) — Public works: prevailing wage rates: employer payment credits.

Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages, the regulation of working hours, and the securing of workers' compensation for public works projects. Existing law further requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations as specified, be paid to workers employed on public works projects, and imposes misdemeanor penalties for certain violations of this requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB776&version=20130SB77699INT)
2. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB776&version=20130SB77698AMD)
3. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB776&version=20130SB77696CHP)
4. **SB776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB776)
5. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB776&version=20130SB77697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 776 Corbett Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **52–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 664.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 864.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 2479.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 169, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9445955b-d823-4f93-b0d8-a9338fbad37f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).