Monterey-Salinas Transit District: public contracting.
Existing law creates the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to include all of the County of Monterey, with specified powers and duties related to public transit service. Existing law requires the district to award contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of $100,000 to the lowest responsible bidder, or to the responsible bidder that provides the best value, as provided. Existing law requires the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, as provided, that permit prices and terms to be compared, whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds $2,500 but does not exceed $100,000.
California SB 304 (20232024) — Monterey-Salinas Transit District: public contracting.
Existing law creates the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to include all of the County of Monterey, with specified powers and duties related to public transit service. Existing law requires the district to award contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials in excess of $100,000 to the lowest responsible bidder, or to the responsible bidder that provides the best value, as provided. Existing law requires the district to obtain a minimum of 3 quotations, as provided, that permit prices and terms to be compared, whenever the expected expenditure required for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or materials exceeds $2,500 but does not exceed $100,000.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
SB 304 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Laird — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
2023-02-15 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-21 Set for hearing April 11.
2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 689.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 24.
2023-04-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 961.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-11 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-06-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-06-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2427.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-07-05 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-07-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1916.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2023-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 107, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3eb1fcf-16e3-46fb-891a-400da2a7c7a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).