republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2764.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State acquisition of information technology goods and services: exemptions."
description: "Existing law provides that specified contracts entered into by any state agency for goods, services, or other specified activities, whether awarded through competitive bidding or not, are void unless and until approved by the Department of General Services, and requires denial of approval if a contract does not meet the required specifications of the bidding process. Under existing law, certain transactions, contracts, and persons are exempt from that law, including transactions pertaining to the acquisition of information technology goods and services, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2764"
citation: "California AB 2764 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State acquisition of information technology goods and services: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2683703-c764-49b9-9c35-abcc6d53bcc3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2764"
source_hash: "eee618eafac6da7922a54b2d8f3ac5fa5d9291b71a8a39284bf89150f5889741"
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 2764 (20172018) — State acquisition of information technology goods and services: exemptions.

Existing law provides that specified contracts entered into by any state agency for goods, services, or other specified activities, whether awarded through competitive bidding or not, are void unless and until approved by the Department of General Services, and requires denial of approval if a contract does not meet the required specifications of the bidding process. Under existing law, certain transactions, contracts, and persons are exempt from that law, including transactions pertaining to the acquisition of information technology goods and services, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2764&version=20170AB276499INT)
2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2764&version=20170AB276498AMD)
3. **08/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2764&version=20170AB276496CHP)
4. **AB2764** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2764)
5. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2764&version=20170AB276497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2764 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2764 Chau By Wiener — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4937.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5234.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 220, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2683703-c764-49b9-9c35-abcc6d53bcc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).