---
type: "Bill"
title: "Los Angeles Community College District: best value procurement: pilot program."
description: "The Local Agency Public Construction Act requires the governing board of any community college district to let any contract for a public project, as defined, involving an expenditure of $15,000 or more, to the lowest responsible bidder that gives security as the board requires, or else reject all bids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 356"
citation: "California AB 356 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Los Angeles Community College District: best value procurement: pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07884c06-4958-4027-a3b5-ef5e7d6cc8f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB356"
source_hash: "24dcfc9411276961f6cb8870ad3c6bafb4b9358f31d0917225a3f9d55b137ec8"
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 356 (20192020) — Los Angeles Community College District: best value procurement: pilot program.

The Local Agency Public Construction Act requires the governing board of any community college district to let any contract for a public project, as defined, involving an expenditure of $15,000 or more, to the lowest responsible bidder that gives security as the board requires, or else reject all bids.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB356&version=20190AB35699INT)
2. **03/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB356&version=20190AB35698AMD)
3. **06/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB356&version=20190AB35697AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB356&version=20190AB35695CHP)
5. **AB356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB356)
6. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB356&version=20190AB35696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 356 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB356 Santiago By Durazo — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 356 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — **60–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 7. Page 915.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 1992.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 2717.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07884c06-4958-4027-a3b5-ef5e7d6cc8f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).