---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works."
description: "Public works."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1506"
citation: "California AB 1506 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b625c60-ffd1-4ac9-906e-5d9639dfae0f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506"
source_hash: "e1f3b4be31493e25d90990e1c19963889be33003f6a3eafa83870eaf1b776793"
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 1506 (20012002) — Public works.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150699INT)
2. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150698AMD)
3. **05/01/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150694AMD)
4. **05/09/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150697AMD)
5. **05/15/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150693AMD)
6. **05/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150696AMD)
7. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150695AMD)
8. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150692AMD)
9. **08/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150691AMD)
10. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150689CHP)
11. **AB1506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506)
12. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1506&version=20010AB150690ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1506 Negrete McLeod Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1506 Wesson By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1506 Wesson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Burton — principal coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — principal coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — author (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 868, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 8702.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2002-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 6003.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Joint Rules 61(b)(13) and 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2002-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4184.)
- **2002-05-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-07-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 23. Page 2239.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 30). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 10). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1524.)
- **2001-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-08** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2001-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-26** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1245.)
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b625c60-ffd1-4ac9-906e-5d9639dfae0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).