---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: cost savings."
description: "Public works: cost savings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1530"
citation: "California AB 1530 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: cost savings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cab839b-c09a-4d36-94a6-65d6e0984066"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1530"
source_hash: "dd2974e29a569a0bc0ce864d0ea461d0762cdacdb5115fa7d822cda2f3776d79"
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 1530 (20012002) — Public works: cost savings.

## 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=200120020AB1530&version=20010AB153099INT)
2. **05/10/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1530&version=20010AB153098AMD)
3. **08/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1530&version=20010AB153096CHP)
4. **AB1530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1530)
5. **07/21/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1530&version=20010AB153097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1530 Longville Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1530 Longville — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2169.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1685.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Transportation. `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/5cab839b-c09a-4d36-94a6-65d6e0984066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).