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type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: roof projects."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 635"
citation: "California AB 635 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: roof projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd6d3d3e-bed7-4f2a-af40-abff1e9893e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635"
source_hash: "d5a4ce51a90dc7cae23f83dc49a797e5ae870242e7c014ad4ce00ce4cde5c91a"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635&version=20090AB63599INT)
2. **04/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635&version=20090AB63598AMD)
3. **08/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635&version=20090AB63597AMD)
4. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635&version=20090AB63596AMD)
5. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635&version=20090AB63594CHP)
6. **AB635** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635)
7. **09/10/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB635&version=20090AB63595ENR)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd6d3d3e-bed7-4f2a-af40-abff1e9893e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).