---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: design-build: highways."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2014, authorizes certain state and local transportation entities, if authorized by the California Transportation Commission, to use a design‑build process for contracts on transportation projects, as specified. Existing law establishes a procedure for submitting bids that includes a requirement that design-build entities provide a statement of qualifications submitted to the transportation entity that is verified under oath, subject to penalty of perjury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 401"
citation: "California AB 401 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Transportation: design-build: highways."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e6df92-1090-4435-9512-822d3475c951"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401"
source_hash: "7f88a3623cec2193b0de25a9688717ade6830f9d6ce4023063a88564a8d5d0b9"
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 401 (20132014) — Transportation: design-build: highways.

Existing law, until January 1, 2014, authorizes certain state and local transportation entities, if authorized by the California Transportation Commission, to use a design‑build process for contracts on transportation projects, as specified. Existing law establishes a procedure for submitting bids that includes a requirement that design-build entities provide a statement of qualifications submitted to the transportation entity that is verified under oath, subject to penalty of perjury.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40199INT)
2. **04/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40198AMD)
3. **04/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40197AMD)
4. **05/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40196AMD)
5. **05/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40195AMD)
6. **08/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40194AMD)
7. **08/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40193AMD)
8. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40192AMD)
9. **09/05/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40191AMD)
10. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40190AMD)
11. **10/05/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40188CHP)
12. **AB401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401)
13. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB401&version=20130AB40189ENR)

## Votes

- amendments be concurred in. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 401 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–8** (pass) · lower
- AB 401 DALY Assembly Third Reading — **68–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB401 Daly By DeSaulnier — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Linder — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** 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`
- **2013-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 1603.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** Joint Rule JR 61(a)(10) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 1819.)
- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-26** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-09-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 2309.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
- **2013-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3197.)
- **2013-09-11** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 3292.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 586, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8e6df92-1090-4435-9512-822d3475c951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).