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Bill	Public contracts: uniform construction cost accounting provisions: alternative procedures.	Existing law establishes procedures for local public agencies to follow when engaged in public works projects, and authorizes agencies to elect to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting provisions. Existing law specifies that a board of supervisors or a county road commissioner is not prohibited by those provisions from utilizing, as an alternative, other procedures governing county highway contracts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 720	California AB 720 (20112012)	bill	Public contracts: uniform construction cost accounting provisions: alternative procedures.	enacted	Hall	9	23	6	2011-02-17	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f2817f07-73d9-47a0-898b-cc5b42229511	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720	ea3653f930294917f8d04e2ff39265e71a7a956a7100160c94c9a7f9d9e21e6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 720 (20112012) — Public contracts: uniform construction cost accounting provisions: alternative procedures.

Existing law establishes procedures for local public agencies to follow when engaged in public works projects, and authorizes agencies to elect to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting provisions. Existing law specifies that a board of supervisors or a county road commissioner is not prohibited by those provisions from utilizing, as an alternative, other procedures governing county highway contracts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/12/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB720 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/29/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 720 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB720 Hall By Lowenthal — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 720 HALL Assembly Third Reading — 49–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-07 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-05-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-10 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1498.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 18. Page 1674.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2011-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1964.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2545.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 683, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2817f07-73d9-47a0-898b-cc5b42229511. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).