republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2184.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: local agency: alternative bidding procedures: notice."
description: "The Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act provides for alternative bidding procedures for public projects let by contract by a public agency when the public agency has voluntarily elected to become subject to the accounting procedures set forth in that law. That law sets forth publishing requirements for notices inviting formal bids to let contracts, including a requirement to mail the notice to all construction trade journals at least 30 calendar days before the date of opening the bids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2184"
citation: "California AB 2184 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: local agency: alternative bidding procedures: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19230335-bf18-4e81-adf4-c02af61d5ca8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2184"
source_hash: "f1020b301f5025aed378385e214e0e858130d4f36f41a5325e71c0e9c31bb8ad"
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 2184 (20092010) — Public contracts: local agency: alternative bidding procedures: notice.

The Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act provides for alternative bidding procedures for public projects let by contract by a public agency when the public agency has voluntarily elected to become subject to the accounting procedures set forth in that law. That law sets forth publishing requirements for notices inviting formal bids to let contracts, including a requirement to mail the notice to all construction trade journals at least 30 calendar days before the date of opening the bids.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2184&version=20090AB218499INT)
2. **03/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2184&version=20090AB218498AMD)
3. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2184&version=20090AB218497AMD)
4. **07/09/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2184&version=20090AB218495CHP)
5. **AB2184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2184)
6. **06/25/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2184&version=20090AB218496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2184 Arambula — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2184 ARAMBULA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-22** (Corrected March 23.)
- **2010-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5146.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4057.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2010-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19230335-bf18-4e81-adf4-c02af61d5ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).