---
type: "Bill"
title: "Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting."
description: "(1) Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with specified powers and duties. Existing law requires a contract by the authority for a purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials with the purchase price exceeding $100,000 to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or best value proposer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2440"
citation: "California AB 2440 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4bba509-9e00-463c-b9ce-710ca3fb68ca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440"
source_hash: "535b3cdaf5fa52d5817f3271178cd4090e33e375621f72e4b07f2c330e12299f"
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 2440 (20112012) — Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting.

(1) Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with specified powers and duties. Existing law requires a contract by the authority for a purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials with the purchase price exceeding $100,000 to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or best value proposer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440&version=20110AB244099INT)
2. **04/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440&version=20110AB244098AMD)
3. **05/01/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440&version=20110AB244097AMD)
4. **06/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440&version=20110AB244096AMD)
5. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440&version=20110AB244094CHP)
6. **AB2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440)
7. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2440&version=20110AB244095ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2440 Bonnie Lowenthal By Price — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2440 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–20** (pass) · lower
- AB 2440 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **54–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 5168.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-18** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4575.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 6116.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 703, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4bba509-9e00-463c-b9ce-710ca3fb68ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).