--- type: "Bill" title: "Department of Water Resources: Procurement Methods." description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, regional transportation agencies, and the San Diego Association of Governments to engage in a Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method (CM/GC method) for specified public work projects." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 626" citation: "California SB 626 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Department of Water Resources: Procurement Methods."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 8 action_count: 31 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2021-02-18" last_action: "2021-09-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5699c767-088c-403b-ba18-ba7f3581d7dd" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626" source_hash: "2bc61ebb1a229c7fdff9a306c70e25e6e054d901dddf5bfee827c2d3b30f6798" 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 626 (20212022) — Department of Water Resources: Procurement Methods. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, regional transportation agencies, and the San Diego Association of Governments to engage in a Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method (CM/GC method) for specified public work projects. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626&version=20210SB62699INT) 2. **04/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626&version=20210SB62698AMD) 3. **04/28/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626&version=20210SB62697AMD) 4. **05/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626&version=20210SB62696AMD) 5. **06/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626&version=20210SB62695AMD) 6. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626&version=20210SB62693CHP) 7. **SB626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626) 8. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB626&version=20210SB62694ENR) ## Votes - SB 626 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Friedman — **68–3** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **10–2** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **36–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB626 Dodd Concurrence — **34–4** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 15. - **2021-04-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-04-15** April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2021-04-20** Set for hearing April 27. - **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 939.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-04-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-05-07** Set for hearing May 17. - **2021-05-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2021-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-05-25** Ordered to second reading. - **2021-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 1392.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee` - **2021-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 2567.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2281.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m. - **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 247, 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/5699c767-088c-403b-ba18-ba7f3581d7dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).