--- type: "Bill" title: "Public contracts: disabled veteran business enterprises: local small business enterprises: social enterprises." description: "Existing law authorizes a local agency in facilitating contract awards to small businesses to provide for a small business preference of 5% in construction, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services, and establishes a subcontracting participation goal for small businesses on contracts with a 5% preference for those bidders who meet the goal. Existing law authorizes each local agency to define a small business for the purposes of these preferences and goals." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2762" citation: "California AB 2762 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public contracts: disabled veteran business enterprises: local small business enterprises: social enterprises."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Carrillo"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2018-02-16" last_action: "2018-09-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3baa95-fe72-407e-a800-ecd3f2837aa1" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762" source_hash: "6ca2991217c21cc363960033a740ce37c7e689424dee36f2fac45998c3aaa8f1" 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 2762 (20172018) — Public contracts: disabled veteran business enterprises: local small business enterprises: social enterprises. Existing law authorizes a local agency in facilitating contract awards to small businesses to provide for a small business preference of 5% in construction, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services, and establishes a subcontracting participation goal for small businesses on contracts with a 5% preference for those bidders who meet the goal. Existing law authorizes each local agency to define a small business for the purposes of these preferences and goals. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762&version=20170AB276299INT) 2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762&version=20170AB276298AMD) 3. **05/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762&version=20170AB276297AMD) 4. **06/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762&version=20170AB276296AMD) 5. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762&version=20170AB276295AMD) 6. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762&version=20170AB276293CHP) 7. **AB2762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762) 8. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2762&version=20170AB276294ENR) ## Votes - With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **5–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2762 CARRILLO Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2762 Carrillo et al. By Beall — **38–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2762 CARRILLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Carrillo — primary (person) - Muratsuchi — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2018-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5125.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-24** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and V.A. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-01** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2018-08-06** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5905.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2018-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6786.) - **2018-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage` - **2018-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m. - **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 654, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba3baa95-fe72-407e-a800-ecd3f2837aa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).