republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2590.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Bernardino County Transportation Authority: contracting."
description: "Existing law creates the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation planning and funding in the County of San Bernardino. Existing law requires the authority's contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, to be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the expenditure required exceeds $25,000. Existing law also requires the authority to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds $1,000 but not $25,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2590"
citation: "California AB 2590 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Bernardino County Transportation Authority", "contracting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f37eb5-852e-44dc-9065-c9a72e7e7c89"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2590"
source_hash: "8abc11834ef6c8a7c436bc0c2b92693d06b4be8319853463eb38676e66759be1"
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 2590 (20232024) — San Bernardino County Transportation Authority: contracting.

Existing law creates the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation planning and funding in the County of San Bernardino. Existing law requires the authority's contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, to be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the expenditure required exceeds $25,000. Existing law also requires the authority to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds $1,000 but not $25,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2590&version=20230AB259099INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2590&version=20230AB259098AMD)
3. **05/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2590&version=20230AB259097AMD)
4. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2590&version=20230AB259095CHP)
5. **AB2590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2590)
6. **08/22/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2590&version=20230AB259096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2590 Reyes By Ochoa Bogh — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2590 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2024-03-21** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** 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`
- **2024-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5311.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-17** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-06-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5201.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, 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/b4f37eb5-852e-44dc-9065-c9a72e7e7c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).