Existing law requires state agencies to give small businesses a 5% preference in contracts for construction, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services, establishes a procedure by which a business can be certified as a small business by the Department of General Services for the purposes of these preferences, and specifies that a business that has been certified by, or on behalf of, another governmental entity may be eligible for certification as a small business if the certifying entity uses substantially the same or more stringent definitions as those set forth in existing law, as provided.
California AB 1783 (20112012) — Public contracts: small business preferences.
Existing law requires state agencies to give small businesses a 5% preference in contracts for construction, the procurement of goods, or the delivery of services, establishes a procedure by which a business can be certified as a small business by the Department of General Services for the purposes of these preferences, and specifies that a business that has been certified by, or on behalf of, another governmental entity may be eligible for certification as a small business if the certifying entity uses substantially the same or more stringent definitions as those set forth in existing law, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1783 PEREA Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Perea — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2012-03-05 Referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. referral-committee
2012-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. referral-committee
2012-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4675.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2012-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-25 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2012-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4182.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-06-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-07-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2012-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 114, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a02dee91-e294-4081-963a-67f5a923fcbb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).