---
type: "Bill"
title: "Design-build contracting: Town of Paradise"
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2025, authorizes local agencies, as defined, to use the design-build procurement process for specified public works with prescribed cost thresholds. Existing law requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity in the design-build procurement process to be certified under penalty of perjury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 36"
citation: "California AB 36 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Design-build contracting: Town of Paradise"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c77b93c7-4fc4-4e1f-bfd4-c18d0da48ad8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB36"
source_hash: "98b75c784b1bd88a0f7dd43b8e86b01507ff492271486bfe3aa03143a84ac5ba"
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 36 (20212022) — Design-build contracting: Town of Paradise

Existing law, until January 1, 2025, authorizes local agencies, as defined, to use the design-build procurement process for specified public works with prescribed cost thresholds. Existing law requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity in the design-build procurement process to be certified under penalty of perjury.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB36&version=20210AB3699INT)
2. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB36&version=20210AB3697CHP)
3. **AB36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB36)
4. **08/27/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB36&version=20210AB3698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 36 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB36 Gallagher et al. By Nielsen — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallagher — primary (person)
- Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1655.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2115.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 689, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c77b93c7-4fc4-4e1f-bfd4-c18d0da48ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).