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type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: Los Angeles County: regional interoperable communications system."
description: "Under the State Contract Act, the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind that will exceed a specified amount, is accomplished by awarding a contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Similar provisions exist for local agency contract projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 946"
citation: "California AB 946 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: Los Angeles County: regional interoperable communications system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62c5b3f0-b9fa-4b9a-beb8-a47002cef01f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946"
source_hash: "b6843c2c71b689d14f70279af556e25c0a45c9a458b7d0df946869cba851c02a"
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 946 (20112012) — Public contracts: Los Angeles County: regional interoperable communications system.
Under the State Contract Act, the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind that will exceed a specified amount, is accomplished by awarding a contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Similar provisions exist for local agency contract projects.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946&version=20110AB94699INT)
2. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946&version=20110AB94698AMD)
3. **08/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946&version=20110AB94697AMD)
4. **08/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946&version=20110AB94696AMD)
5. **08/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946&version=20110AB94695AMD)
6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946&version=20110AB94693CHP)
7. **AB946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946)
8. **09/19/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB946&version=20110AB94694ENR)
## Votes
- AB 946 BUTLER Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 946 LOWENTHAL Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB946 Bonnie Lowenthal By Strickland Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Butler — author (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- John A. Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — principal coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 910.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-12** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-07-12** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-08-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2048.)
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2315.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2978.)
- **2011-09-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-08** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3036.)
- **2011-09-08** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 8). `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3178.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62c5b3f0-b9fa-4b9a-beb8-a47002cef01f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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