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Bill	Small Business Procurement and Contract Act: federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding.	Existing law requires the directors of the Department of General Services and other state agencies that enter into contracts concerning the provision of goods, information technology, services, and construction of state facilities, to establish goals for the extent of participation of small businesses, including microbusinesses, for those contracts, to provide for small business preference, as specified, in the award of those contracts, and to give certain special considerations, assistance, and awards, whenever feasible, to small businesses and microbusinesses, among other requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2974	California AB 2974 (20212022)	bill	Small Business Procurement and Contract Act: federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding.	enacted	Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy	6	26	8	2022-03-22	2022-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d15635bc-9050-4f8d-b23d-d4910788a546	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2974	9116b813a5e3f1caea133ac14b3e6b22715b924b2590c4a8a8d521d20aa852ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2974 (20212022) — Small Business Procurement and Contract Act: federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding.

Existing law requires the directors of the Department of General Services and other state agencies that enter into contracts concerning the provision of goods, information technology, services, and construction of state facilities, to establish goals for the extent of participation of small businesses, including microbusinesses, for those contracts, to provide for small business preference, as specified, in the award of those contracts, and to give certain special considerations, assistance, and awards, whenever feasible, to small businesses and microbusinesses, among other requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 03/22/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/23/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2974 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2974 J., E.D. & E. Assembly Third Reading By CERVANTES — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2974 J., E.D., & E . (Cervantes) By Bradford — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2974 Jobs, Economic Developme Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CERVANTES — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-03-23 From printer. May be heard in committee April 22.
• 2022-03-31 Referred to Com. on J.,E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2022-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J.,E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on J.,E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4878.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5239.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 600, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d15635bc-9050-4f8d-b23d-d4910788a546. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).