republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2030.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation districts: contracts."
description: "(1) Existing law requires contracts of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials to be let to the lowest responsible bidder or to the bidder who submits a proposal that provides best value, as defined, if the amount of the contract exceeds $100,000 and requires the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations for those contracts between $2,500 and $100,000. Existing law requires the district, if the contract is for the construction of facilities and works, to let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder if the amount of the contract exceeds $10,000 and to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations for those contracts between $2,500 and $10,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2030"
citation: "California AB 2030 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation districts: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bbceb50-b099-4e6d-b213-794feb2ca43b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2030"
source_hash: "c29dfbee97155dea776459f8b1ff1ced43bbc413c810b0d753028c9c5c9ca8e4"
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 2030 (20152016) — Transportation districts: contracts.

(1) Existing law requires contracts of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials to be let to the lowest responsible bidder or to the bidder who submits a proposal that provides best value, as defined, if the amount of the contract exceeds $100,000 and requires the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations for those contracts between $2,500 and $100,000. Existing law requires the district, if the contract is for the construction of facilities and works, to let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder if the amount of the contract exceeds $10,000 and to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations for those contracts between $2,500 and $10,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2030&version=20150AB203099INT)
2. **04/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2030&version=20150AB203098AMD)
3. **06/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2030&version=20150AB203097AMD)
4. **08/19/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2030&version=20150AB203095CHP)
5. **AB2030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2030)
6. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2030&version=20150AB203096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2030 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2030 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **73–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 4780.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4648.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 5698.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bbceb50-b099-4e6d-b213-794feb2ca43b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).