---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ventura Port District: dredging contracts."
description: "Existing law governing contracts for port districts requires that contracts for new construction work exceeding $10,000, or the purchase of supplies exceeding $25,000, or projects involving building maintenance and improvements exceeding $10,000, be let by the board of the port district by competitive bidding, in accordance with specified procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 482"
citation: "California AB 482 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ventura Port District: dredging contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2012-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2544f1a-d33f-4a70-afc1-dd90de249b6c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482"
source_hash: "4b8db18797d92ed509b542426b98d944a8d758d8338848fcfd93acb902c682ca"
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 482 (20112012) — Ventura Port District: dredging contracts.

Existing law governing contracts for port districts requires that contracts for new construction work exceeding $10,000, or the purchase of supplies exceeding $25,000, or projects involving building maintenance and improvements exceeding $10,000, be let by the board of the port district by competitive bidding, in accordance with specified procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482&version=20110AB48299INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482&version=20110AB48298AMD)
3. **01/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482&version=20110AB48297AMD)
4. **06/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482&version=20110AB48296AMD)
5. **07/09/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482&version=20110AB48294CHP)
6. **AB482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482)
7. **06/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB482&version=20110AB48295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 482 WILLIAMS Third Reading Urgency — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 482 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2012-01-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3561.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3959.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-06-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5389.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2012-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 51, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2544f1a-d33f-4a70-afc1-dd90de249b6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).