---
type: "Bill"
title: "Design-build: counties, cities, and special districts."
description: "Design-build: counties, cities, and special districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 642"
citation: "California AB 642 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Design-build: counties", "cities", "and special districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba0d0811-f50c-410c-86da-82af033d95ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642"
source_hash: "e68a6490ae544a89e1f423576aded005a9593416961ed1a9c74ec61062b5b919"
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 642 (20072008) — Design-build: counties, cities, and special districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64299INT)
2. **01/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64297AMD)
3. **01/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64296AMD)
4. **04/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64295AMD)
5. **05/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64294AMD)
6. **08/05/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64293AMD)
7. **09/05/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64298AMD)
8. **09/26/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64291CHP)
9. **AB642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642)
10. **08/14/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB642&version=20070AB64292ENR)

## Votes

- AB 642 WOLK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 642 WOLK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB642 Wolk By Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-09-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-09-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3743.) (January 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5. Page 3815.) (January 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 3866.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-13** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 4873.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6339.)
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 6339.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba0d0811-f50c-410c-86da-82af033d95ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).