---
type: "Bill"
title: "State contracts: infrastructure bonds: small businesses."
description: "State contracts: infrastructure bonds: small businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 761"
citation: "California AB 761 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State contracts: infrastructure bonds: small businesses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42ef5d3a-460f-4431-9150-3cc25377b391"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761"
source_hash: "4eed1a2506469919abd094c930d56a012acea8043c18298dc9c2e6b60a2b6929"
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 761 (20072008) — State contracts: infrastructure bonds: small businesses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76199INT)
2. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76198AMD)
3. **04/26/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76197AMD)
4. **05/08/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76196AMD)
5. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76195AMD)
6. **06/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76194AMD)
7. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76193AMD)
8. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76191CHP)
9. **AB761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761)
10. **09/14/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB761&version=20070AB76192ENR)

## Votes

- AB 761 COTO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB761 Coto By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 761 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coto — primary (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** 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`
- **2007-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 30. Page 1937.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2397.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 29. Page 3148.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 611, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42ef5d3a-460f-4431-9150-3cc25377b391`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).