republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1510.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts."
description: "(1) The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act requires the Director of General Services and the heads of other state agencies that enter into contracts for the provision of goods, services, and information technology and for the construction of state facilities to establish goals for the participation of small businesses in these contracts, to provide for a small business preference in the award of these contracts, to give special consideration and special assistance to small businesses, and, whenever possible, to make awards to small businesses, as specified. The act authorizes the director to set standards, established by regulation, for a certified small business or microbusiness to contribute to the fulfillment of contract requirements by performing a commercially useful function, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1510"
citation: "California SB 1510 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2becaf0-7a52-4623-bba8-0974ea147da7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510"
source_hash: "24c25c22612936dcd922d52cb367b8fc74751255fb4f9fe6e7a0febabe50fae3"
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 SB 1510 (20112012) — Contracts.

(1) The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act requires the Director of General Services and the heads of other state agencies that enter into contracts for the provision of goods, services, and information technology and for the construction of state facilities to establish goals for the participation of small businesses in these contracts, to provide for a small business preference in the award of these contracts, to give special consideration and special assistance to small businesses, and, whenever possible, to make awards to small businesses, as specified. The act authorizes the director to set standards, established by regulation, for a certified small business or microbusiness to contribute to the fulfillment of contract requirements by performing a commercially useful function, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151099INT)
2. **03/27/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151098AMD)
3. **05/02/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151097AMD)
4. **06/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151096AMD)
5. **08/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151095AMD)
6. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151094AMD)
7. **09/21/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151092CHP)
8. **SB1510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510)
9. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1510&version=20110SB151093ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #10 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1510 Wright Senate Third Reading By PÉREZ, V.M. — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1510 Wright Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3104.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3497.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended.
- **2012-08-06** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6141.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4773.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 421, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2becaf0-7a52-4623-bba8-0974ea147da7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).