---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small and Emerging Contractors Technical Assistance Program."
description: "Small and Emerging Contractors Technical Assistance Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2376"
citation: "California AB 2376 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Small and Emerging Contractors Technical Assistance Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aab635d0-4c73-4db6-867d-6e0fa8d2c8b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2376"
source_hash: "f35c7b33e95aebbfbec759093c7b21c33d649d0a3f4a78a67df87e600768f431"
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 2376 (20072008) — Small and Emerging Contractors Technical Assistance Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2376&version=20070AB237699INT)
2. **04/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2376&version=20070AB237698AMD)
3. **05/27/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2376&version=20070AB237697AMD)
4. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2376&version=20070AB237695CHP)
5. **AB2376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2376)
6. **08/22/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2376&version=20070AB237696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2376 Price By Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2376 PRICE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)
- Arambula — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 5579.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 5096.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aab635d0-4c73-4db6-867d-6e0fa8d2c8b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).