CA AB1838 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 1838

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on April 20 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-06-29 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

An act to add Section 2011 to the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

Public contracts: local agencies: responsive bidders.

2026-06-29 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-17 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-10 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-20 - Assembly - AB 1838 Berman Assembly Third Reading (Y: 62 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2026-03-18 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-29	Senate	In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-17	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-11	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2026-06-10	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 10).
2026-06-03	Senate	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-05-06	Senate	Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and L., P.E. & R.
2026-04-20	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-04-20	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 7. Page 4722.)
2026-04-06	Assembly	Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4490.)
2026-03-23	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-03-19	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 18).
2026-02-23	Assembly	Referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-02-12	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2026-02-11	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Contract Code	2011	New Code	See Bill Text

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Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1838#96AMD
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1838