republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: bid specifications: Buy Clean California Act."
description: "The State Contract Act governs the bidding and award of public works contracts by specific state departments and requires an awarding department, before entering into any contract for a project, to prepare full, complete, and accurate plans and specifications and estimates of cost."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 262"
citation: "California AB 262 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: bid specifications: Buy Clean California Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9967058a-720d-416e-a4a3-de4fc8a35492"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262"
source_hash: "4b4b99297fa83133fc5bfef1b42085a24518c0a7dd88ec310cb1912cdb2d48d3"
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 262 (20172018) — Public contracts: bid specifications: Buy Clean California Act.

The State Contract Act governs the bidding and award of public works contracts by specific state departments and requires an awarding department, before entering into any contract for a project, to prepare full, complete, and accurate plans and specifications and estimates of cost.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26299INT)
2. **03/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26298AMD)
3. **05/10/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26297AMD)
4. **05/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26296AMD)
5. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26295AMD)
6. **07/19/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26294AMD)
7. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26292CHP)
8. **AB262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262)
9. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB262&version=20170AB26293ENR)

## Votes

- AB 262 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB262 Bonta et al. By Galgiani — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — author (person)
- Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Steinorth — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
- **2017-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-19** In committee: Reconsideration granted.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 1954.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2696.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)
- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 3282.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 816, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9967058a-720d-416e-a4a3-de4fc8a35492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).