republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-635.md

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Bill	Public contracts: roof projects.	Existing law prohibits a state agency, political subdivision, municipal corporation, or district from drafting specifications for bids, in connection with the construction, alteration, or repair of public works, calling for a designated material, product, thing, or service by specific brand or trade name unless the specification is followed by the words "or equal" so that bidders may furnish any equal material, product, thing, or service.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 635	California AB 635 (20092010)	bill	Public contracts: roof projects.	enacted	Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review	7	32	7	2009-02-25	2010-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/cd6d3d3e-bed7-4f2a-af40-abff1e9893e7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635	d5a4ce51a90dc7cae23f83dc49a797e5ae870242e7c014ad4ce00ce4cde5c91a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 635 (20092010) — Public contracts: roof projects.

Existing law prohibits a state agency, political subdivision, municipal corporation, or district from drafting specifications for bids, in connection with the construction, alteration, or repair of public works, calling for a designated material, product, thing, or service by specific brand or trade name unless the specification is followed by the words "or equal" so that bidders may furnish any equal material, product, thing, or service.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/05/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB635 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/10/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 635 Accountability and Admini Concurrence- Urgency Added By DE LA TORRE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB635 Committee on ACC. & ADM. REV. (De Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 635 PEREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2009-04-02 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2009-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2009-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1445.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-06-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2009-07-08 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2010-08-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (August 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-08-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-08-12 In committee: Held under submission.
• 2010-08-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-20 (Corrected August 23.)
• 2010-08-24 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2010-08-24 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2010-08-24 To second reading.
• 2010-08-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4963.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2010-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2010-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6819.)
• 2010-08-30 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2010-08-30 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6860.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-08-30 (Corrected September 13.)
• 2010-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
• 2010-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd6d3d3e-bed7-4f2a-af40-abff1e9893e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).