---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: bonds."
description: "Public contracts: bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1745"
citation: "California AB 1745 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: bonds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-03-11"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5452f31-7bdb-46dd-bca5-bf2643b343de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1745"
source_hash: "7a638104f6376e47e4bdae50f4315ed3485f94df11013fe5f02e33b36e0a2df4"
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 1745 (20032004) — Public contracts: bonds.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/11/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1745&version=20030AB174599INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1745&version=20030AB174598AMD)
3. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1745&version=20030AB174597AMD)
4. **08/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1745&version=20030AB174595CHP)
5. **AB1745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1745)
6. **07/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1745&version=20030AB174596ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1745 committee on trans. (dutra) by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on business and professions to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1745 trans. concurrence in senate amendments by dutra — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1745 trans. consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2003-07-21** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2849.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1873.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2331.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.
- **2003-03-11** 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/a5452f31-7bdb-46dd-bca5-bf2643b343de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).