---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: design-build contracts."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2014, a school district governing board or community college district governing board to enter into a design-build contract for both the design and construction of a school facility or community college facility, respectively, if specified requirements are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1509"
citation: "California SB 1509 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities: design-build contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5acd94b5-8d0e-4530-a723-49581576d675"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509"
source_hash: "2a907bfe94bcc6455de9d459af8bcb30a039e5ad28865ffcd0bd97b144622ee0"
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 1509 (20112012) — School facilities: design-build contracts.

(1) Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2014, a school district governing board or community college district governing board to enter into a design-build contract for both the design and construction of a school facility or community college facility, respectively, if specified requirements are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509&version=20110SB150999INT)
2. **04/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509&version=20110SB150998AMD)
3. **07/05/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509&version=20110SB150997AMD)
4. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509&version=20110SB150996AMD)
5. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509&version=20110SB150994CHP)
6. **SB1509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509)
7. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1509&version=20110SB150995ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1509 Simitian Senate Third Reading By BROWNLEY — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1509 Simitian Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3120.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3388.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 2428.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-14** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6140.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4771.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 736, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5acd94b5-8d0e-4530-a723-49581576d675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).