republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-17.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State contracts: acquisition of goods or services."
description: "State contracts: acquisition of goods or services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 17"
citation: "California AB 17 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State contracts: acquisition of goods or services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ea5b80-af3a-4758-bc60-69e95eda54e8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17"
source_hash: "03db9fb671fa83b2e249fb305820fb0fbc5ec8b2a27187e207f1c68dd03e7e3e"
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 17 (20032004) — State contracts: acquisition of goods or services.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17&version=20030AB1799INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17&version=20030AB1798AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17&version=20030AB1797AMD)
4. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17&version=20030AB1796AMD)
5. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17&version=20030AB1795AMD)
6. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17&version=20030AB1793CHP)
7. **AB17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17)
8. **09/13/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB17&version=20030AB1794ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 17 kehoe assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Montanez — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 752, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 31. Page 3913.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-12** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2587.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 2253.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 1). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** 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/f8ea5b80-af3a-4758-bc60-69e95eda54e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).