---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: bidding requirements."
description: "Public contracts: bidding requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2156"
citation: "California AB 2156 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: bidding requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pescetti"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-23"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed6d08be-5398-4c1f-9b5a-992542723c14"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156"
source_hash: "f7d073a7637082f063d23ddc6489c2a5fc41285ea0c683f86dd055d32287ef1f"
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 2156 (19992000) — Public contracts: bidding requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215699INT)
2. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215698AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215697AMD)
4. **06/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215696AMD)
5. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215695AMD)
6. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215694AMD)
7. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215692CHP)
8. **AB2156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2156&version=19990AB215693ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 2156 PESCETTI CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2156 Pescetti Kelley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pescetti — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 31). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 8944.) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8787.) `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6204.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6325.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2000-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed6d08be-5398-4c1f-9b5a-992542723c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).