---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of General Services: vehicle and equipment procurement."
description: "Existing law generally requires public contracts to be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, subject to certain exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1857"
citation: "California AB 1857 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of General Services: vehicle and equipment procurement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac474456-c4f4-444a-ad58-33602275d59b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1857"
source_hash: "c76483545d6dc33de7976ef1f2e7a395038cd32a2cfe9658db2291f8dcb4cbbe"
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 1857 (20132014) — Department of General Services: vehicle and equipment procurement.

Existing law generally requires public contracts to be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, subject to certain exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1857&version=20130AB185799INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1857&version=20130AB185798AMD)
3. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1857&version=20130AB185797AMD)
4. **09/17/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1857&version=20130AB185795CHP)
5. **AB1857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1857)
6. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1857&version=20130AB185796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1857 FRAZIER Assembly Third Reading — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1857 FRAZIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1857 Frazier By Cannella — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (March 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 5174.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4900.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** Ordered to the unfinished business file.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6646.)
- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 6660.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 381, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac474456-c4f4-444a-ad58-33602275d59b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).