republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2235.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public contracts: local agencies: wind infrastructure.	Existing law generally requires public contracts to be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, subject to various exceptions. Existing law authorizes certain local government agencies to use alternative contracting methods, including best value procurement and progressive design-build contracting for particular types of public projects, including, among others, certain construction projects and regional communications and related infrastructure projects.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2235	California AB 2235 (20232024)	bill	Public contracts local agencies wind infrastructure	enacted	Lowenthal	7	27	6	2024-02-08	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/2f58d4e1-046b-4af0-aa59-89e7fa5945d1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2235	64d7c5ee7a269e2d15671414d989a272e47e84810b4910265d17ab8c587ed493	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2235 (20232024) — Public contracts: local agencies: wind infrastructure.

Existing law generally requires public contracts to be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, subject to various exceptions. Existing law authorizes certain local government agencies to use alternative contracting methods, including best value procurement and progressive design-build contracting for particular types of public projects, including, among others, certain construction projects and regional communications and related infrastructure projects.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2235 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2235 Lowenthal Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2235 Lowenthal By Gonzalez — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2235 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-04-15 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
• 2024-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 From Consent Calendar.
• 2024-05-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5668.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. 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 pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 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
• 2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. 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.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 707, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f58d4e1-046b-4af0-aa59-89e7fa5945d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).