---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: Small Business Procurement and Contract Act."
description: "Existing law, the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act, permits a state agency to award a contract for goods, services, or information technology with a value of between $5,000 and $250,000 to a certified small business, including a microbusiness and a disabled veteran business enterprise, without complying with specified competitive bidding requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 173"
citation: "California AB 173 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: Small Business Procurement and Contract Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-01-24"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/456df6ea-f4ea-4bcc-bc63-575e8f147ccf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173"
source_hash: "4dc6fb2e2bb4df60a1f1b774633eab80b7b33a6397558c6284810971635ba9be"
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 173 (20132014) — Postsecondary education: Small Business Procurement and Contract Act.

Existing law, the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act, permits a state agency to award a contract for goods, services, or information technology with a value of between $5,000 and $250,000 to a certified small business, including a microbusiness and a disabled veteran business enterprise, without complying with specified competitive bidding requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173&version=20130AB17399INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173&version=20130AB17398AMD)
3. **04/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173&version=20130AB17397AMD)
4. **05/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173&version=20130AB17396AMD)
5. **05/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173&version=20130AB17395AMD)
6. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173&version=20130AB17393CHP)
7. **AB173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173)
8. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB173&version=20130AB17394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 173 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — **60–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB173 Weber By Galgiani — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governmental Organization. — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)
- Price — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1562.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 1653.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Coms. on ED. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1890.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/456df6ea-f4ea-4bcc-bc63-575e8f147ccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).