--- type: "Bill" title: "Competitive bidding: design-build and best value construction contracting." description: "(1) Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of health care districts and regional open-space districts or authorities and prescribes the powers, functions, and duties of those districts or authorities, including competitive bidding requirements relating to the construction of facilities or other buildings." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 793" citation: "California SB 793 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Competitive bidding: design-build and best value construction contracting."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill"] version_count: 6 action_count: 29 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2017-02-17" last_action: "2017-10-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd7d2066-9618-43b8-af77-77b0737cc837" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB793" source_hash: "2815909bcbe23bef93227c65657adceddfe34f0b47ddd768be0ccebae2364d20" 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 793 (20172018) — Competitive bidding: design-build and best value construction contracting. (1) Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of health care districts and regional open-space districts or authorities and prescribes the powers, functions, and duties of those districts or authorities, including competitive bidding requirements relating to the construction of facilities or other buildings. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB793&version=20170SB79399INT) 2. **06/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB793&version=20170SB79398AMD) 3. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB793&version=20170SB79397AMD) 4. **10/09/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB793&version=20170SB79395CHP) 5. **SB793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB793) 6. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB793&version=20170SB79396ENR) ## Votes - SB 793 Hill Senate Third Reading By BERMAN — **74–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **7–1** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB793 Hill et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading SB793 Hill et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hill — primary (person) - Mullin — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-17** Set for hearing April 5. - **2017-03-21** April 5 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-03-22** Set for hearing April 19. - **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 745.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1. - **2017-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 954.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-05-26** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-08-23** August 23 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2017-09-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (September 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 3491.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3017.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2017-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 627, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd7d2066-9618-43b8-af77-77b0737cc837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).