republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-913.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: City of Los Angeles: graffiti abatement."
description: "Existing law generally requires that not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, as specified, be paid to workers employed on a public work, as defined. Existing law sets forth the penalties for a violation of this requirement. Existing law prohibits a charter city from receiving or using state funding or financial assistance for a construction project if the charter city has a charter that does not require, or the charter city has not required within the last 2 years, compliance with these provisions on a public works contract, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 913"
citation: "California SB 913 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: City of Los Angeles: graffiti abatement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9505d582-ac61-475d-846e-6b5fea77a4cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB913"
source_hash: "16159973a9eecdebb093aff7812c4c86777cada041bc2037edf5b9dc83144e01"
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 913 (20172018) — Public works: City of Los Angeles: graffiti abatement.

Existing law generally requires that not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, as specified, be paid to workers employed on a public work, as defined. Existing law sets forth the penalties for a violation of this requirement. Existing law prohibits a charter city from receiving or using state funding or financial assistance for a construction project if the charter city has a charter that does not require, or the charter city has not required within the last 2 years, compliance with these provisions on a public works contract, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB913&version=20170SB91399INT)
2. **03/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB913&version=20170SB91398AMD)
3. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB913&version=20170SB91397AMD)
4. **08/24/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB913&version=20170SB91395CHP)
5. **SB913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB913)
6. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB913&version=20170SB91396ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB913 Hertzberg et al. Concurrence — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 913 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — **63–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Kamlager-Dove — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4816.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 4877.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-24** June 6 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-21** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 9. Page 6144.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 5223.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 200, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9505d582-ac61-475d-846e-6b5fea77a4cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).