---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation: paving materials."
description: "(1) Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the state highway system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 296"
citation: "California AB 296 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation: paving materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/281d6ade-e630-4540-b5d3-1f78a2379ea1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296"
source_hash: "1d22f6ea9678284ebbf916df82db503954d1341df4059495a11a132f81bea1c0"
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 296 (20112012) — Department of Transportation: paving materials.

(1) Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the state highway system.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29699INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29698AMD)
3. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29697AMD)
4. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29696AMD)
5. **06/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29695AMD)
6. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29694AMD)
7. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29693AMD)
8. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29691CHP)
9. **AB296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296)
10. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB296&version=20110AB29692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB296 Skinner By Leno — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 296 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 296 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — **54–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 1729.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** Measure version as amended on June 21 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-25** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.Q. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-28** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 27). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 4977.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 6620.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/281d6ade-e630-4540-b5d3-1f78a2379ea1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).