republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2463.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: exemption."
description: "Existing law defines \"public works,\" for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified. Existing law exempts, until January 1, 2024, from these requirements work performed by a volunteer, a volunteer coordinator, or a member of the California Conservation Corps or a community conservation corps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2463"
citation: "California AB 2463 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: exemption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38cb9624-219c-49c5-bacd-20264889b5ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2463"
source_hash: "de3bd4989b06dc28ad38d1493d16e502cfed52c50accc8dfac61a61d7dedeedf"
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 2463 (20212022) — Public works: exemption.

Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work that is performed under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works projects are required to be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except as specified. Existing law exempts, until January 1, 2024, from these requirements work performed by a volunteer, a volunteer coordinator, or a member of the California Conservation Corps or a community conservation corps.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2463&version=20210AB246399INT)
2. **03/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2463&version=20210AB246398AMD)
3. **08/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2463&version=20210AB246396CHP)
4. **AB2463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2463)
5. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2463&version=20210AB246397ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB2463 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2463 Lee Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4581.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4716.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 210, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38cb9624-219c-49c5-bacd-20264889b5ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).