---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care districts: design-build."
description: "Existing law authorizes certain health care districts to use the design-build process when contracting for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to construction of a hospital or health facility building in those districts, as specified. Existing law sets forth the procurement process for design-build projects, as specified, and requires specified information submitted by design-build entities to be certified under penalty of perjury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 994"
citation: "California AB 994 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care districts: design-build."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b872908-8f88-49ae-83dd-7210746ba65a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB994"
source_hash: "aa317b2d1a25bc669bfa75c1d2b25b6c0cffc24291b0ff2bb55e55c2454a2912"
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 994 (20172018) — Health care districts: design-build.

Existing law authorizes certain health care districts to use the design-build process when contracting for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to construction of a hospital or health facility building in those districts, as specified. Existing law sets forth the procurement process for design-build projects, as specified, and requires specified information submitted by design-build entities to be certified under penalty of perjury.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB994&version=20170AB99499INT)
2. **03/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB994&version=20170AB99498AMD)
3. **09/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB994&version=20170AB99496CHP)
4. **AB994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB994)
5. **09/05/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB994&version=20170AB99497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB994 Muratsuchi et al. By Allen — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 994 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **73–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Muratsuchi — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 1717.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2348.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 321, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b872908-8f88-49ae-83dd-7210746ba65a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).