---
type: "Bill"
title: "Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting."
description: "Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) , with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2690"
citation: "California AB 2690 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6123bcaf-b597-4aaa-8381-33f386c55664"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2690"
source_hash: "11998f7cea304c3218eb5eb2d6322f7ded119432bf61ee7313feb0d3389afcdc"
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 2690 (20152016) — Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting.

Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) , with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2690&version=20150AB269099INT)
2. **04/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2690&version=20150AB269098AMD)
3. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2690&version=20150AB269096CHP)
4. **AB2690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2690)
5. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2690&version=20150AB269097ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2690 Ridley-Thomas — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2690 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4500.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4869.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6123bcaf-b597-4aaa-8381-33f386c55664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).