---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: job order contracting."
description: "Public contracts: job order contracting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 14"
citation: "California AB 14 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: job order contracting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a157b0a-f6cc-4d9b-9114-bdabc784ac17"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14"
source_hash: "cebe4115c42df7ddad69552984064ad93677b7b598a37ad4ca0f18bcc12f5fa9"
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 14 (20032004) — Public contracts: job order contracting.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14&version=20030AB1499INT)
2. **03/17/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14&version=20030AB1498AMD)
3. **05/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14&version=20030AB1497AMD)
4. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14&version=20030AB1496AMD)
5. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14&version=20030AB1495AMD)
6. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14&version=20030AB1493CHP)
7. **AB14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14)
8. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB14&version=20030AB1494ENR)

## Votes

- ab 14 horton,j assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 14 horton,j concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab14 jerome horto by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 889, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 3454.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2309.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 1895.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** 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/1a157b0a-f6cc-4d9b-9114-bdabc784ac17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).