---
type: "Bill"
title: "Riverside County Transportation Commission: transportation projects: contracts."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2014, allows certain state and local transportation entities, if authorized by the California Transportation Commission, to use a design‑build process for contracting on transportation projects, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2098"
citation: "California AB 2098 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Riverside County Transportation Commission: transportation projects: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c9a335d-72c6-4560-b255-a0bf59da2500"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098"
source_hash: "e8493cd464bdd78fddcdd4a1d670df2010a051102d1687e34ebf4dd639a36c92"
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 2098 (20092010) — Riverside County Transportation Commission: transportation projects: contracts.

Existing law, until January 1, 2014, allows certain state and local transportation entities, if authorized by the California Transportation Commission, to use a design‑build process for contracting on transportation projects, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098&version=20090AB209899INT)
2. **03/23/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098&version=20090AB209898AMD)
3. **04/21/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098&version=20090AB209897AMD)
4. **06/23/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098&version=20090AB209896AMD)
5. **08/20/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098&version=20090AB209895AMD)
6. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098&version=20090AB209893CHP)
7. **AB2098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098)
8. **09/09/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2098&version=20090AB209894ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2098 Miller Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2098 MILLER Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Amend, and re-refer to the Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Audra Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Bass — coauthor (person)
- Bill Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — author (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Charles Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Conway — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- Correa — principal coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — principal coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — principal coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — principal coauthor (person)
- Gilmore — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — principal coauthor (person)
- Huff — principal coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — author (person)
- John A. Perez — principal coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Logue — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Norby — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Tom Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)
- Tran — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Perez — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** From committee: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** (Corrected June 24.)
- **2010-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** (Corrected August 24.)
- **2010-08-23** Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended.
- **2010-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6691.)
- **2010-08-26** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6732.)
- **2010-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6799.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** Joint Rules 61(b)(15) and 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 5010.)
- **2010-08-30** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5025.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:40 a.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c9a335d-72c6-4560-b255-a0bf59da2500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).