republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2192.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public agencies: cost accounting standards."
description: "Existing law, the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, authorizes a public agency which has, by resolution, elected to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting procedures. Existing law provides for the development of cost accounting standards and an alternative method for the bidding of public works projects by public entities. The act defines \"public project\" to include, among other things, construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, renovation, improvement, demolition, and repair work involving any publicly owned, leased, or operated facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2192"
citation: "California AB 2192 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public agencies", "cost accounting standards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juan Carrillo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573bddad-b116-42b1-a1fa-d0d837cc6366"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2192"
source_hash: "18d74b321f6c13fb0d078d66c7be38b3514bdaf72105f8dbb305f79ec991652d"
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 2192 (20232024) — Public agencies: cost accounting standards.

Existing law, the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, authorizes a public agency which has, by resolution, elected to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting procedures. Existing law provides for the development of cost accounting standards and an alternative method for the bidding of public works projects by public entities. The act defines "public project" to include, among other things, construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, renovation, improvement, demolition, and repair work involving any publicly owned, leased, or operated facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2192&version=20230AB219299INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2192&version=20230AB219298AMD)
3. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2192&version=20230AB219297AMD)
4. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2192&version=20230AB219295CHP)
5. **AB2192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2192)
6. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2192&version=20230AB219296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2192 Juan Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2192 Juan Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2192 Juan Carrillo By Durazo — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Juan Carrillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-12** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-08-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 953, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/573bddad-b116-42b1-a1fa-d0d837cc6366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).