---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies: contracts."
description: "State agencies: contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2301"
citation: "California AB 2301 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State agencies: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4846cc93-d91b-42d6-88ff-378225493d8a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301"
source_hash: "0827d138d2920b57fc5c73171d1437c8f996f6ad01118b8c7de6f9b11326e245"
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 2301 (19992000) — State agencies: contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301&version=19990AB230199INT)
2. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301&version=19990AB230198AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301&version=19990AB230197AMD)
4. **05/08/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301&version=19990AB230196AMD)
5. **06/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301&version=19990AB230195AMD)
6. **07/03/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301&version=19990AB230193CHP)
7. **AB2301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301)
8. **06/26/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2301&version=19990AB230194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2301 LOWENTHAL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2301 Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2000-06-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 7348.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5238.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6328.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 3). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. 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** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. 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, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-24** 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/4846cc93-d91b-42d6-88ff-378225493d8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).