--- type: "Bill" title: "Public contracts: local agencies: negotiations." description: "Existing law relating to public contracts requires local agencies, including cities and counties, to comply with specified procedures for public contracting for public construction." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 331" citation: "California SB 331 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public contracts: local agencies: negotiations."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"] version_count: 9 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-02-23" last_action: "2015-10-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8624b195-895f-4c96-941a-0fc8887ced30" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331" source_hash: "fb0433a527e418e9c1adc2764764a02b3605a4806f536b4268f393579cfbba43" 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 SB 331 (20152016) — Public contracts: local agencies: negotiations. Existing law relating to public contracts requires local agencies, including cities and counties, to comply with specified procedures for public contracting for public construction. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33199INT) 2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33198AMD) 3. **04/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33197AMD) 4. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33196AMD) 5. **07/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33195AMD) 6. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33194AMD) 7. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33192CHP) 8. **SB331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331) 9. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331&version=20150SB33193ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB331 Mendoza Concurrence — **22–15** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **25–14** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–4** (pass) · lower - SB 331 Mendoza Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — **48–29** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Mendoza — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26. - **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 29. - **2015-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 815.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18. - **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 1066.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 4.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-07-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-15** July 15 hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-08-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 2969.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2673.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m. - **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 714, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8624b195-895f-4c96-941a-0fc8887ced30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).