CaliforniaPrivate works of improvement: retention payments.
What it does
Existing law generally governs retention payments withheld with respect to a contract for a private work of improvement, including by requiring an owner that withholds a retention from a direct contractor to, within 45 days after completion of the work of improvement, pay the retention to the contractor.
More detail
With respect to a contract for a private work of improvement, this bill would limit the amount of a retention payment by, among other things, prohibiting a retention payment withheld from a payment by an owner from the direct contractor, by the direct contractor from any subcontractor, and by a subcontractor from any subcontractor thereunder, from exceeding 5% of the payment, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require a court to award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in any action to enforce these provisions.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jul 14Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Jul 14Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Jul 3Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.To Governor
- Jun 23In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 61 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 23Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2247.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jun 18Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jun 17From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 12Referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Apr 24In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Apr 10Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Apr 9From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 705.) (April 8).Minor
- Apr 8
- Vote recorded Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 26From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- Mar 26Set for hearing April 8.
- Jan 29Referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Jan 10From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
- Jan 9Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced