CA AB 1198
enactedPublic works: prevailing wages.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1198 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1198 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 513, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1198 about?
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 requires the body awarding a contract for a public work to obtain from the director the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed, and the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work, for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract. Under existing law, if the director determines during any quarterly period that there has been a change in any prevailing rate of per diem wages in a locality, the director is required to make that change available to the awarding body and their determination is final. Under existing law, that determination does not apply to public works contracts for which the notice to bidders has been published. This bill would instead state, commencing July 1, 2027, that if the director determines, within a semiannual period, that there is a change in any prevailing rate of per diem wages in a locality, that determination applies to any public works contract that is awarded or for which notice to bidders is published after July 1, 2027, if the awarded value of the contract is $35,000,000 or greater. The bill would authorize any contractor, awarding body, or specified representative affected by a change in rates on a particular contract to, within 20 days, file with the director a verified petition to review the determination of that rate, as specified. The bill would require the director to, upon notice to the interested parties, initiate an investigation or hold a hearing, and, within 20 days after the filing of that petition, except as specified, make a final determination and transmit the determination in writing to the awarding body and to the interested parties. The bill would make that determination issued by the director effective 10 days after its issuance, and until it is modified, rescinded, or superseded by the director. The bill would exempt certain housing projects from these provisions, including, among others, projects that are restricted by deed or subject to regulatory restrictions contained in an agreement with a governmental agency or other recorded document, as specified.
Who sponsors CA AB 1198?
Haney is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1198.
Description
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 requires the body awarding a contract for a public work to obtain from the director the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the public work is to be performed, and the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for holiday and overtime work, for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the contract. Under existing law, if the director determines during any quarterly period that there has been a change in any prevailing rate of per diem wages in a locality, the director is required to make that change available to the awarding body and their determination is final. Under existing law, that determination does not apply to public works contracts for which the notice to bidders has been published. This bill would instead state, commencing July 1, 2027, that if the director determines, within a semiannual period, that there is a change in any prevailing rate of per diem wages in a locality, that determination applies to any public works contract that is awarded or for which notice to bidders is published after July 1, 2027, if the awarded value of the contract is $35,000,000 or greater. The bill would authorize any contractor, awarding body, or specified representative affected by a change in rates on a particular contract to, within 20 days, file with the director a verified petition to review the determination of that rate, as specified. The bill would require the director to, upon notice to the interested parties, initiate an investigation or hold a hearing, and, within 20 days after the filing of that petition, except as specified, make a final determination and transmit the determination in writing to the awarding body and to the interested parties. The bill would make that determination issued by the director effective 10 days after its issuance, and until it is modified, rescinded, or superseded by the director. The bill would exempt certain housing projects from these provisions, including, among others, projects that are restricted by deed or subject to regulatory restrictions contained in an agreement with a governmental agency or other recorded document, as specified.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 513, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Haneyauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 513, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.).
2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 7. Page 6907.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-06-22
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2026-01-29
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 6. Page 3876.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-26
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-22
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-01-22
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
2026-01-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (January 22).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-23
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-23
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lee: yes
- Kalra: yes
Do pass as amended.
2026-01-22 · pass · 12-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Hoover: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Dixon: other
AB 1198 Haney Assembly Third Reading
2026-01-29 · pass · 65-6
Member-level votes (80)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Chen: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Haney: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Fong: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Soria: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Davies: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hart: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Tangipa: no
- Johnson: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ellis: no
- Arambula: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ransom: other
- Flora: other
- Dixon: other
- Gipson: other
- Hadwick: other
- Castillo: other
- Valencia: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-10 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-06-22 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: other
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