republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1650.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: bidders: employment practices."
description: "The State Contract Act governs contracting between state agencies and private contractors, and sets forth requirements for the bidding, awarding, and overseeing, of contracts for projects. The act defines a project to include the construction or other improvement to a state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind, that will exceed a total cost limit of $250,000 for the 2010 calendar year, as adjusted every 2 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1650"
citation: "California AB 1650 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: bidders: employment practices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bbd6cdf-54b1-48c3-961a-5bcd0a735427"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650"
source_hash: "30dbcfd64a33d98f092f34e04e5b44c1e9316758cca0dd542d81344de611199d"
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 1650 (20132014) — Public contracts: bidders: employment practices.

The State Contract Act governs contracting between state agencies and private contractors, and sets forth requirements for the bidding, awarding, and overseeing, of contracts for projects. The act defines a project to include the construction or other improvement to a state structure, building, road, or other state improvement of any kind, that will exceed a total cost limit of $250,000 for the 2010 calendar year, as adjusted every 2 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650&version=20130AB165099INT)
2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650&version=20130AB165098AMD)
3. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650&version=20130AB165097AMD)
4. **05/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650&version=20130AB165096AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650&version=20130AB165095AMD)
6. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650&version=20130AB165093CHP)
7. **AB1650** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650)
8. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1650&version=20130AB165094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1650 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–21** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1650 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **58–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1650 Jones-Sawyer By Jackson — **23–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5220.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 5325.)
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 5346.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 4728.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6446.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 880, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bbd6cdf-54b1-48c3-961a-5bcd0a735427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).