republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1086.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: bids."
description: "Existing law prohibits, except in specified circumstances, a state agency, political subdivision, municipal corporation, district, or public officer responsible for letting a public works contract from drafting bid specifications for that contract in a manner that limits the bidding to any one concern or product, unless the specification is followed by the words \"or equal.\" Existing law requires that these bid specifications provide a period of time prior to or after, or prior to and after, the award of the contract to allow the contractor to submit data that demonstrates that a concern or product to be provided under the contract is equal to the concern or product identified in the bid specification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1086"
citation: "California AB 1086 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: bids."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/077596f1-ddd9-4309-89e3-0c6a847b4700"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086"
source_hash: "55421b63ca559154d1c930a308f1d58d3957da0adabb463481cb6b2343046548"
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 1086 (20092010) — Public contracts: bids.

Existing law prohibits, except in specified circumstances, a state agency, political subdivision, municipal corporation, district, or public officer responsible for letting a public works contract from drafting bid specifications for that contract in a manner that limits the bidding to any one concern or product, unless the specification is followed by the words "or equal." Existing law requires that these bid specifications provide a period of time prior to or after, or prior to and after, the award of the contract to allow the contractor to submit data that demonstrates that a concern or product to be provided under the contract is equal to the concern or product identified in the bid specification.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086&version=20090AB108699INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086&version=20090AB108698AMD)
3. **04/27/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086&version=20090AB108697AMD)
4. **05/04/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086&version=20090AB108696AMD)
5. **05/18/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086&version=20090AB108695AMD)
6. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086&version=20090AB108693CHP)
7. **AB1086** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086)
8. **07/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1086&version=20090AB108694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #13 AB1086 Miller — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1086 MILLER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1820.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1767.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-16** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/077596f1-ddd9-4309-89e3-0c6a847b4700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).