republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1845.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: alternative project delivery methods."
description: "Existing law generally sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by local agencies for public works contracts. Existing law authorizes certain entities, including the Department of General Services, the Military Department, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and specified local agencies, to use the design-build procurement process, as prescribed, for specified public works."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1845"
citation: "California AB 1845 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: alternative project delivery methods."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc08b9bd-538a-4e44-854c-d7c0e99ba517"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845"
source_hash: "38ea4225a92aebd045bce80497744ef175c82975b84ed362e0429b6328af3989"
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 1845 (20212022) — Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: alternative project delivery methods.

Existing law generally sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by local agencies for public works contracts. Existing law authorizes certain entities, including the Department of General Services, the Military Department, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and specified local agencies, to use the design-build procurement process, as prescribed, for specified public works.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184599INT)
2. **03/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184598AMD)
3. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184597AMD)
4. **04/04/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184596AMD)
5. **06/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184595AMD)
6. **08/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184594AMD)
7. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184592CHP)
8. **AB1845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845)
9. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1845&version=20210AB184593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1845 Calderon By Hertzberg — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1845 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1845 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4917.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5020.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc08b9bd-538a-4e44-854c-d7c0e99ba517`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).