---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: local agencies: preferences."
description: "Existing law authorizes local agencies, in facilitating contract awards, to establish preferences, in specified counties, for small businesses, disabled veteran businesses, and social enterprises, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1533"
citation: "California AB 1533 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: local agencies: preferences."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e2c489-621b-4102-9280-fcf20b6e8ad4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1533"
source_hash: "225babafc6cfde10ded1d79c269bd56882eefacec125b358ea0229d7b79d57a6"
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 1533 (20192020) — Public contracts: local agencies: preferences.

Existing law authorizes local agencies, in facilitating contract awards, to establish preferences, in specified counties, for small businesses, disabled veteran businesses, and social enterprises, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1533&version=20190AB153399INT)
2. **07/01/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1533&version=20190AB153397CHP)
3. **AB1533** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1533)
4. **06/21/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1533&version=20190AB153398ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent AB1533 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1533 Eggman Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1477.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1678.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2019-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 49, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63e2c489-621b-4102-9280-fcf20b6e8ad4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).