---
type: "Bill"
title: "State contracts: goods: loss leader."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to make available a report on contracting activity containing specified information, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 926"
citation: "California AB 926 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State contracts: goods: loss leader."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70f24643-5d65-43b1-a881-175fd11ef59f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB926"
source_hash: "8d8e956dd60749aff79b75b0020f1d51609a545f3727f5b4841bd2dc699901b5"
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 926 (20092010) — State contracts: goods: loss leader.

(1) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to make available a report on contracting activity containing specified information, as provided.

## 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=200920100AB926&version=20090AB92699INT)
2. **09/04/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB926&version=20090AB92698AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB926&version=20090AB92696CHP)
4. **AB926** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB926)
5. **09/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB926&version=20090AB92697ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #21 AB926 Ruskin By Price — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 926 RUSKIN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 926 Ruskin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — primary (person)
- Hill — principal coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (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 Coms. on J.,E.D., & E. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1673.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2390.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3369.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70f24643-5d65-43b1-a881-175fd11ef59f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).