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Bill	Transportation authorities and districts: contracts.	(1) Existing law establishes bridge and highway districts and various regional transportation authorities and transit districts, including the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, and prescribes the powers and duties of each, including procedures for awarding contracts and procurement. Existing law, with respect to the purchases of supplies, equipment, and materials by bridge and highway districts that exceed $20,000, requires the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and, with respect to purchases by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District that exceed $25,000, requires the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law requires the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District to publish a notice requesting bids to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, and requires bridge and highway districts to advertise bids as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 116	California AB 116 (20092010)	bill	Transportation authorities and districts: contracts.	enacted	Beall	7	24	6	2009-01-14	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7b0de74a-f797-49c3-b258-8c2038d7ffe0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB116	023b08c288237764d12f6569f7ef41c4e19bc198fd4f71d7bd3d761e17edd5eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 116 (20092010) — Transportation authorities and districts: contracts.

(1) Existing law establishes bridge and highway districts and various regional transportation authorities and transit districts, including the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, and prescribes the powers and duties of each, including procedures for awarding contracts and procurement. Existing law, with respect to the purchases of supplies, equipment, and materials by bridge and highway districts that exceed $20,000, requires the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and, with respect to purchases by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District that exceed $25,000, requires the contract to be let to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law requires the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District to publish a notice requesting bids to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, and requires bridge and highway districts to advertise bids as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/14/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/21/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB116 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 116 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB116 Beall By DeSaulnier — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beall — primary (person)
• Brownley — coauthor (person)
• DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-01-15 From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
• 2009-03-04 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2009-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2009-04-02 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-04-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-11 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 3. Page 1356.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2009-06-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1920.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-25 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2009-08-31 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:15 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b0de74a-f797-49c3-b258-8c2038d7ffe0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).