---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: design-build contracts."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district, until January 1, 2020, and upon a determination by the governing board of the school district that it is in the best interest of the school district, to enter into a design-build contract for both the design and construction of a school facility if that expenditure exceeds $2,500,000, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1358"
citation: "California AB 1358 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities: design-build contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15ec96bc-2a98-4d1e-8d34-d9b3d954d4bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1358"
source_hash: "bec6f6cc9bf689aaa17e26812d43ddbccc4b86de3e6f226b12b4223f69532f1c"
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 1358 (20152016) — School facilities: design-build contracts.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district, until January 1, 2020, and upon a determination by the governing board of the school district that it is in the best interest of the school district, to enter into a design-build contract for both the design and construction of a school facility if that expenditure exceeds $2,500,000, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1358&version=20150AB135899INT)
2. **07/09/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1358&version=20150AB135898AMD)
3. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1358&version=20150AB135896CHP)
4. **AB1358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1358)
5. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1358&version=20150AB135897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1358 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1358 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — **63–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1358 Dababneh By Wolk — **27–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dababneh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 16. Page 1439.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2296.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 21. Page 2775.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 752, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15ec96bc-2a98-4d1e-8d34-d9b3d954d4bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).