---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: school districts: bidding requirements."
description: "Under existing law, the governing board of a school district may require each prospective bidder for specified contracts to submit a standardized questionnaire and financial statement, including information relating to financial ability and experience in performing public works, which is required to be verified under oath. Existing law further requires a school district requiring the above information to adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders on the basis of the completed questionnaires and financial statements, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1565"
citation: "California AB 1565 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: school districts: bidding requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-01-30"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c9e602-7fcd-4264-aefe-faed14598e92"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565"
source_hash: "94c97fe3c6859d3e4d57b879fa259cbb2cdcd8a5a7c008a65477ccf42114f3b3"
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 1565 (20112012) — Public contracts: school districts: bidding requirements.

Under existing law, the governing board of a school district may require each prospective bidder for specified contracts to submit a standardized questionnaire and financial statement, including information relating to financial ability and experience in performing public works, which is required to be verified under oath. Existing law further requires a school district requiring the above information to adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders on the basis of the completed questionnaires and financial statements, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565&version=20110AB156599INT)
2. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565&version=20110AB156598AMD)
3. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565&version=20110AB156597AMD)
4. **06/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565&version=20110AB156596AMD)
5. **07/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565&version=20110AB156595AMD)
6. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565&version=20110AB156593CHP)
7. **AB1565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565)
8. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1565&version=20110AB156594ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1565 Fuentes By Padilla — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1565 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — **53–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1565 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 5105.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2012-08-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 4887.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 26. Page 6535.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 808, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c9e602-7fcd-4264-aefe-faed14598e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).