republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-943.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission: local contracts: alternative procedures."
description: "Under existing law, the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission is responsible for recommending, for adoption by the Controller, uniform construction cost accounting procedures for implementation by public agencies in the construction of public projects. Existing law requires the commission members to select a chairperson from among its membership to serve as chair for a term of one year from the date of selection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 943"
citation: "California AB 943 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission: local contracts: alternative procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3329bef6-2e16-47d2-b4ef-ec68c03a9d88"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943"
source_hash: "7290a56d86baec6dccdbd8ad69f0f5fdb309cb89607d1434c5046db2dbf2dd77"
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 943 (20112012) — Public contracts: California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission: local contracts: alternative procedures.

Under existing law, the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission is responsible for recommending, for adoption by the Controller, uniform construction cost accounting procedures for implementation by public agencies in the construction of public projects. Existing law requires the commission members to select a chairperson from among its membership to serve as chair for a term of one year from the date of selection.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943&version=20110AB94399INT)
2. **03/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943&version=20110AB94398AMD)
3. **05/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943&version=20110AB94397AMD)
4. **06/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943&version=20110AB94396AMD)
5. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943&version=20110AB94395AMD)
6. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943&version=20110AB94393CHP)
7. **AB943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943)
8. **07/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB943&version=20110AB94394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB943 Williams By Lowenthal — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 943 WILLIAMS Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 943 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1450.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-23** From consent calendar.
- **2011-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-06-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 1686.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2186.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 110, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3329bef6-2e16-47d2-b4ef-ec68c03a9d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).