republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2019.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small business enterprises."
description: "(1) Existing law requires each state agency that significantly regulates or impacts small business to designate at least one person to serve as a small business liaison for the agency. Existing law requires the small business liaison to be responsible for, among other things, receiving and responding to complaints received by the agency from small businesses and assisting in ensuring that the procurement and contracting processes of the entity are administered in order to meet or exceed the goal of 25% small business participation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2019"
citation: "California AB 2019 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Small business enterprises."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fbc625d-449e-467f-af50-6610e4616499"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2019"
source_hash: "7d96ef254599ecec4fe62d29e5609b7b8612fbfa5088ba371f2488a077b1d581"
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 2019 (20212022) — Small business enterprises.

(1) Existing law requires each state agency that significantly regulates or impacts small business to designate at least one person to serve as a small business liaison for the agency. Existing law requires the small business liaison to be responsible for, among other things, receiving and responding to complaints received by the agency from small businesses and assisting in ensuring that the procurement and contracting processes of the entity are administered in order to meet or exceed the goal of 25% small business participation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2019&version=20210AB201999INT)
2. **05/02/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2019&version=20210AB201998AMD)
3. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2019&version=20210AB201997AMD)
4. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2019&version=20210AB201995CHP)
5. **AB2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2019)
6. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2019&version=20210AB201996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2019 Petrie-Norris et al. By Min — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2019 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2019 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Holden — author (person)
- Min — principal coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on J.,E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `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 76. Noes 0. Page 5012.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5103.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, 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/1fbc625d-449e-467f-af50-6610e4616499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).