republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3190.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works."
description: "(1) Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law defines the term \"public works\" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages to include construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for using public funds, except as specified. Existing law defines \"paid for in whole or in part out of public funds\" to include, among others, projects that involved transfer by the state or political subdivision of an asset of value for less than fair market price or projects where the money loaned by the state or political subdivision will be repaid on a contingent basis. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages in public works a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3190"
citation: "California AB 3190 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haney"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bdc44d9-8d35-4064-93b6-dec26faec158"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190"
source_hash: "15d4c4e7ff0ddacdb0eeb47b3b151fd5003b9538c53fb5a1d43111db2816ce26"
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 3190 (20232024) — Public works.

(1) Existing law requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages to include construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for using public funds, except as specified. Existing law defines "paid for in whole or in part out of public funds" to include, among others, projects that involved transfer by the state or political subdivision of an asset of value for less than fair market price or projects where the money loaned by the state or political subdivision will be repaid on a contingent basis. Existing law makes a willful violation of laws relating to the payment of prevailing wages in public works a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190&version=20230AB319099INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190&version=20230AB319098AMD)
3. **05/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190&version=20230AB319097AMD)
4. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190&version=20230AB319096AMD)
5. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190&version=20230AB319095AMD)
6. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190&version=20230AB319093CHP)
7. **AB3190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190)
8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3190&version=20230AB319094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3190 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB3190 Haney et al. By Wiener — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- AB 3190 Haney Assembly Third Reading — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haney — primary (person)
- Wicks — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-21** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** 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`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5641.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 759, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bdc44d9-8d35-4064-93b6-dec26faec158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).