--- type: "Bill" title: "Public contracts: progressive design-build: local agencies." 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: "SB 991" citation: "California SB 991 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public contracts: progressive design-build: local agencies."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Newman"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2022-02-14" last_action: "2022-09-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6424186-6cbc-426f-8a83-2b89d01adc59" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991" source_hash: "f1406b0466671b6aa5b8e01a0a84d866e173244031a1f585a577ea36ced3deb9" 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 991 (20212022) — Public contracts: progressive design-build: local agencies. 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. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991&version=20210SB99199INT) 2. **03/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991&version=20210SB99198AMD) 3. **06/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991&version=20210SB99197AMD) 4. **06/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991&version=20210SB99196AMD) 5. **08/11/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991&version=20210SB99195AMD) 6. **09/02/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991&version=20210SB99193CHP) 7. **SB991** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991) 8. **08/18/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB991&version=20210SB99194ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB991 Newman Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - SB 991 Newman Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **75–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Newman — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-14** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2022-02-15** From printer. - **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-22** Set for hearing March 31. - **2022-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3292.) (March 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18. - **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2022-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3642.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2022-05-19** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2022-05-26** June 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2022-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. - **2022-08-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2022-08-11** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2022-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5889.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4848.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m. - **2022-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 243, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6424186-6cbc-426f-8a83-2b89d01adc59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).