republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-720.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: uniform construction cost accounting provisions: alternative procedures."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 720"
citation: "California AB 720 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: uniform construction cost accounting provisions: alternative procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2817f07-73d9-47a0-898b-cc5b42229511"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720"
source_hash: "ea3653f930294917f8d04e2ff39265e71a7a956a7100160c94c9a7f9d9e21e6a"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72099INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72098AMD)
3. **05/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72097AMD)
4. **05/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72096AMD)
5. **06/27/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72095AMD)
6. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72094AMD)
7. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72092CHP)
8. **AB720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720)
9. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB720&version=20110AB72093ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2817f07-73d9-47a0-898b-cc5b42229511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).