republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1023.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors and subcontractors: records: penalties."
description: "Existing law defines \"public works,\" for the purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds. Existing law generally requires a contractor or subcontractor to be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations to be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or engage in the performance of any public works contract. Existing law requires a contractor or subcontractor to meet specific conditions to qualify for this registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1023"
citation: "California AB 1023 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors and subcontractors: records: penalties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flora"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9212f93-7562-4ed5-9c65-04b035fbe187"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1023"
source_hash: "a30df10af7b605621097d3f79cf3883b80d396dd99ec0db9bfa30f3487a66c58"
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 1023 (20212022) — Contractors and subcontractors: records: penalties.

Existing law defines "public works," for the purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds. Existing law generally requires a contractor or subcontractor to be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations to be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or engage in the performance of any public works contract. Existing law requires a contractor or subcontractor to meet specific conditions to qualify for this registration.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1023&version=20210AB102399INT)
2. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1023&version=20210AB102398AMD)
3. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1023&version=20210AB102397AMD)
4. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1023&version=20210AB102395CHP)
5. **AB1023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1023)
6. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1023&version=20210AB102396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1023 Flora Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1023 Flora By Ochoa Bogh — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- AB 1023 Flora Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flora — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1758.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1695.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2485.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2995.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 326, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9212f93-7562-4ed5-9c65-04b035fbe187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).