---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Local Agency Public Construction Act: County of San Diego: exemption."
description: "Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, requires counties, among others, to comply with specified procedures for contracting for public works projects, including, the use of a competitive bidding process and awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2149"
citation: "California AB 2149 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The Local Agency Public Construction Act: County of San Diego: exemption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2267e9b1-8973-4e77-9413-141d9672cee8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2149"
source_hash: "8c89910db16048fdecc9e69201e658a479d9d20a3ed7e5c69409490202f88995"
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 2149 (20132014) — The Local Agency Public Construction Act: County of San Diego: exemption.

Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, requires counties, among others, to comply with specified procedures for contracting for public works projects, including, the use of a competitive bidding process and awarding contracts to the lowest responsible bidder.

## 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=201320140AB2149&version=20130AB214999INT)
2. **05/20/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2149&version=20130AB214998AMD)
3. **06/23/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2149&version=20130AB214996CHP)
4. **AB2149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2149)
5. **06/11/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2149&version=20130AB214997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2149 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2149 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (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.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4427.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3757.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-06-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5441.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2014-06-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2267e9b1-8973-4e77-9413-141d9672cee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).