---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: transit design-build contracts."
description: "Existing law authorizes transit operators to enter into a design-build contract, as defined, according to specified procedures. Existing law requires a transit operator that uses the design-build process to report to the Legislative Analyst on each public works project procured through the design-build process within 120 days of the design-build project being put into operation or by December 1, 2005, whichever occurs first. Existing law requires certain information submitted under the design-build provisions to be submitted under penalty of perjury. Existing law repeals provisions regarding transit design-build contracts on January 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 729"
citation: "California AB 729 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: transit design-build contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5547d7-4af9-49f0-ae4e-7101087356ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB729"
source_hash: "c296d1863a30b1cfd4a83ec12e153a198bda7c25839e7e3f80e7fb1b08006d82"
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 729 (20092010) — Public contracts: transit design-build contracts.

Existing law authorizes transit operators to enter into a design-build contract, as defined, according to specified procedures. Existing law requires a transit operator that uses the design-build process to report to the Legislative Analyst on each public works project procured through the design-build process within 120 days of the design-build project being put into operation or by December 1, 2005, whichever occurs first. Existing law requires certain information submitted under the design-build provisions to be submitted under penalty of perjury. Existing law repeals provisions regarding transit design-build contracts on January 1, 2011.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB729&version=20090AB72999INT)
2. **04/22/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB729&version=20090AB72998AMD)
3. **06/30/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB729&version=20090AB72997AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB729&version=20090AB72995CHP)
5. **AB729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB729)
6. **09/08/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB729&version=20090AB72996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 729 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 729 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB729 Evans By Wolk — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1469.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2010.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.)
- **2009-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2903.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 466, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f5547d7-4af9-49f0-ae4e-7101087356ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).