---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bidding procedures: alternative bids."
description: "Bidding procedures: alternative bids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 138"
citation: "California AB 138 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bidding procedures: alternative bids."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-01-24"
last_action: "2002-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59b9a3e-37f4-42a1-8b0f-10824aa6472b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB138"
source_hash: "b85ceda1504bad3d8c56b0dd1232a56cc3c4e5ba1d73de79504f8d643e994a78"
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 138 (20012002) — Bidding procedures: alternative bids.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB138&version=20010AB13899INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB138&version=20010AB13898AMD)
3. **08/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB138&version=20010AB13897AMD)
4. **09/11/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB138&version=20010AB13895CHP)
5. **AB138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB138)
6. **08/25/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB138&version=20010AB13896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 138 Nation Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB138 Nation — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 138 Nation Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 8089.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5642.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended. (Page 5330.) (Corrected August 7. )
- **2002-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1260.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-02-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2001-01-24** 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/b59b9a3e-37f4-42a1-8b0f-10824aa6472b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).