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Bill	Public Utilities Commission: contracts.	Existing law generally authorizes state agencies, including the Public Utilities Commission, to enter into contracts, and requires those contracts to be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, subject to certain exceptions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1651	California AB 1651 (20152016)	bill	Public Utilities Commission: contracts.	enacted	Obernolte	8	26	8	2016-01-12	2016-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2a93f083-e080-4c46-a326-5aee6bbc08d3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1651	89d4f476932e161726df3b87af929ac29ac68f43f63a45e9e9b90b42fdb350d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1651 (20152016) — Public Utilities Commission: contracts.

Existing law generally authorizes state agencies, including the Public Utilities Commission, to enter into contracts, and requires those contracts to be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, subject to certain exceptions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/12/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1651 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1651 Obernolte By Hill — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1651 OBERNOLTE Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1651 OBERNOLTE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Obernolte — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-01-13 From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
• 2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2016-03-31 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5019.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2016-06-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5297.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6338.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 815, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a93f083-e080-4c46-a326-5aee6bbc08d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).