CA AB963

Requires owners and developers of public works projects subject to prevailing wage laws to provide records upon request to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Taft-Hartley trust funds, and joint labor-management committees, including bid requests, contractor information, executed contracts, and payroll records

Establishes a 30-day compliance timeline for record requests, with penalties of $100 per day per worker for payroll record noncompliance and $500 per day for other required records if owners fail to respond within 10 days of a Division enforcement request

Penalties collected are deposited into the State Public Works Enforcement Fund for enforcement purposes

Applies to contracts first advertised for bid or executed on or after January 1, 2026, covering corporations, LLCs, partnerships, and other legal entities but excluding state government and political subdivisions

Requires records requests to be made within 3 years of project completion and mandates that Taft-Hartley trust funds and labor-management committees keep received payroll records and contracts confidential, except when sharing with enforcement agencies