---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District: contracts."
description: "The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control Act establishes the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District and grants the district authority relating to flood control. The act requires that a contract entered into by the district for materials, supplies, or for the construction or repair of works or improvements that has a contract price exceeding $10,000 be let to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with specified public bidding requirements, except as provided. The act authorizes the district to enter into a contract without public bidding if the contract price does not exceed $10,000, and specified conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1592"
citation: "California AB 1592 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Local Government"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-25"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a8644a-910c-49af-82c3-a7b926ad3a62"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1592"
source_hash: "0b6ea2ac6e79431228ffa37dc1067fa3fa780c6a1662fc90918e7db99df34010"
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 1592 (20212022) — Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District: contracts.

The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control Act establishes the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District and grants the district authority relating to flood control. The act requires that a contract entered into by the district for materials, supplies, or for the construction or repair of works or improvements that has a contract price exceeding $10,000 be let to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with specified public bidding requirements, except as provided. The act authorizes the district to enter into a contract without public bidding if the contract price does not exceed $10,000, and specified conditions are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/25/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1592&version=20210AB159299INT)
2. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1592&version=20210AB159297CHP)
3. **AB1592** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1592)
4. **06/18/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1592&version=20210AB159298ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1592 L. GOV. Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB1592 L. GOV. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** From printer. May be heard in committee April 25.
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1339.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1545.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a8644a-910c-49af-82c3-a7b926ad3a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).