---
type: "Bill"
title: "State contracts: reports: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender businesses."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of General Services to make available a report on contracting activity containing specified information, including the level of participation of business enterprises, by race, ethnicity, and gender of owner, in specified contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1960"
citation: "California AB 1960 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State contracts: reports: lesbian", "gay", "bisexual", "and transgender businesses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc6827d2-0561-4550-a6f7-a2d2bdc3b5bd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1960"
source_hash: "ce32affe6f2fbdf8934ccae0505c4527aa41942a0c5dd6d1ba1005d5cc72d14e"
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 1960 (20112012) — State contracts: reports: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender businesses.

Existing law requires the Department of General Services to make available a report on contracting activity containing specified information, including the level of participation of business enterprises, by race, ethnicity, and gender of owner, in specified contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1960&version=20110AB196099INT)
2. **03/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1960&version=20110AB196098AMD)
3. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1960&version=20110AB196097AMD)
4. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1960&version=20110AB196095CHP)
5. **AB1960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1960)
6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1960&version=20110AB196096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1960 Dickinson By Leno — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1960 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **48–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 1960 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 4595.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4694.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6309.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 861, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc6827d2-0561-4550-a6f7-a2d2bdc3b5bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).