---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: Target Area Contract Preference Act."
description: "The Target Area Contract Preference Act establishes a preference for contracts for goods or services that are in excess of $100,000 for contractors that certify that a specified percentage of the hours worked on a contract will be performed on a worksite in a distressed area, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2022"
citation: "California AB 2022 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: Target Area Contract Preference Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb55a550-5c0c-4f65-82bb-b51ecaebf607"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022"
source_hash: "61fee10727eb2a9f25c4efcba1856e0beb66af7edaf2169e9ec36fcbd26886b8"
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 2022 (20132014) — Public contracts: Target Area Contract Preference Act.

The Target Area Contract Preference Act establishes a preference for contracts for goods or services that are in excess of $100,000 for contractors that certify that a specified percentage of the hours worked on a contract will be performed on a worksite in a distressed area, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022&version=20130AB202299INT)
2. **04/09/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022&version=20130AB202298AMD)
3. **05/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022&version=20130AB202297AMD)
4. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022&version=20130AB202296AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022&version=20130AB202295AMD)
6. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022&version=20130AB202293CHP)
7. **AB2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022)
8. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2022&version=20130AB202294ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2022 Medina By Block — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy. — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2022 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–17** (pass) · lower
- AB 2022 MEDINA Assembly Third Reading — **55–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 5259.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 4652.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 6324.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 780, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb55a550-5c0c-4f65-82bb-b51ecaebf607`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).