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Bill	Contract procurement: surface storage projects.	The Local Agency Public Construction Act establishes procedures and requirements for contracting by local agencies for the construction of public works, including the requirement to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law governing specified water districts requires those districts to use competitive bidding and to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2551	California AB 2551 (20152016)	bill	Contract procurement: surface storage projects.	enacted	Gallagher	9	27	6	2016-02-19	2016-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/181be9aa-a203-41d9-bc7f-25c535bf203f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2551	b7c27bf1b1b30fd3ba9e0f6d5b0df5820239700e29cf73611863c0cecaab12a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2551 (20152016) — Contract procurement: surface storage projects.

The Local Agency Public Construction Act establishes procedures and requirements for contracting by local agencies for the construction of public works, including the requirement to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law governing specified water districts requires those districts to use competitive bidding and to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/03/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2551 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2551 GALLAGHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2551 Gallagher By Nielsen — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2551 GALLAGHER Assembly Third Reading — 73–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gallagher — primary (person)
• Chang — coauthor (person)
• Dahle — coauthor (person)
• Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
• Olsen — author (person)
• Salas — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 4902.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. 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 36. Noes 1. Page 5313.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 6441.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 760, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/181be9aa-a203-41d9-bc7f-25c535bf203f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).