republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: contracts."
description: "State highways: contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2148"
citation: "California AB 2148 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f59692bd-0482-4fae-be70-6b5b1033301e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148"
source_hash: "314525d2f818e47b0d9340f190dfc7c57320b8dc0263e75a07cc01f4fe0b0b8b"
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 2148 (20012002) — State highways: contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148&version=20010AB214899INT)
2. **04/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148&version=20010AB214898AMD)
3. **05/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148&version=20010AB214897AMD)
4. **06/10/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148&version=20010AB214896AMD)
5. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148&version=20010AB214895AMD)
6. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148&version=20010AB214893CHP)
7. **AB2148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148)
8. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2148&version=20010AB214894ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2148 Chu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2148 Chu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2148 Chu By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 239, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 7529.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5309.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 5853.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 7.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f59692bd-0482-4fae-be70-6b5b1033301e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).