---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting."
description: "Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, authorizes job order contracting, as provided, by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , until December 31, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1431"
citation: "California AB 1431 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ba7b68-3059-45fc-b61d-5bee1b4debfc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431"
source_hash: "2df6156f5bd4423cbfe7a3eaa676817da24b12cd61ac972ba0a3a5ba1e50a52b"
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 1431 (20152016) — Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting.

Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, authorizes job order contracting, as provided, by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , until December 31, 2020.

## 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=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143199INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143198AMD)
3. **04/30/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143197AMD)
4. **06/25/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143196AMD)
5. **07/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143195AMD)
6. **08/27/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143194AMD)
7. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143192CHP)
8. **AB1431** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431)
9. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1431&version=20150AB143193ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1431 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1431 Gomez By Lara — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1431 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1431 Gomez By Lara Reconsider — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1431 Gomez By Lara — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gomez — primary (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (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`
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 1559.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2392.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Lara.
- **2015-09-02** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2415.)
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2431.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 2905.). `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 753, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35ba7b68-3059-45fc-b61d-5bee1b4debfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).