---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: responsible bidder."
description: "Public contracts: responsible bidder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 574"
citation: "California AB 574 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: responsible bidder."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44bf766-2fef-4cc9-a239-61c767f38748"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574"
source_hash: "1b05a96bd661acabe9d0ff8d199e3f9e7fa8548f6f40c72248bc66a8cca30e1c"
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 574 (19992000) — Public contracts: responsible bidder.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574&version=19990AB57499INT)
2. **06/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574&version=19990AB57498AMD)
3. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574&version=19990AB57497AMD)
4. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574&version=19990AB57496AMD)
5. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574&version=19990AB57495AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574&version=19990AB57493CHP)
7. **AB574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574)
8. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB574&version=19990AB57494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB574 Hertzberg By Dunn Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB574 Hertzberg By Dunn — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 574 HERTZBERG CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 574 HERTZBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB574 Hertzberg By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 972, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 4220.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 3042.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 15. Noes 13. Page 2864.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Dunn. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2865.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** 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`
- **1999-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 1493.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **1999-02-19** 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/f44bf766-2fef-4cc9-a239-61c767f38748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).