---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: progressive design-build: local agencies."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to use the progressive design-build procurement process for the construction of up to 3 capital outlay projects, as jointly determined by the Department of General Services and the Department of Finance, and prescribes that process. Existing law defines \"progressive design-build\" as a project delivery process in which both the design and construction of a project are procured from a single entity that is selected through a qualifications-based selection at the earliest feasible stage of the project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 706"
citation: "California SB 706 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts", "local agencies", "progressive design-build"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c2f16e1-23ba-4df3-a1d0-351f8096b43e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706"
source_hash: "d91466a6ca4b2f18ed635c61c5e818b9a61b29f9fafeff3f72e68b78647ab150"
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 706 (20232024) — Public contracts: progressive design-build: local agencies.

Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to use the progressive design-build procurement process for the construction of up to 3 capital outlay projects, as jointly determined by the Department of General Services and the Department of Finance, and prescribes that process. Existing law defines "progressive design-build" as a project delivery process in which both the design and construction of a project are procured from a single entity that is selected through a qualifications-based selection at the earliest feasible stage of the project.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706&version=20230SB70699INT)
2. **03/21/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706&version=20230SB70698AMD)
3. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706&version=20230SB70697AMD)
4. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706&version=20230SB70696AMD)
5. **06/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706&version=20230SB70695AMD)
6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706&version=20230SB70693CHP)
7. **SB706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706)
8. **09/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB706&version=20230SB70694ENR)

## Votes

- SB 706 Caballero Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB706 Caballero et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB706 Caballero et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caballero — primary (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2023-03-21** 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`
- **2023-03-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 573.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2023-04-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 920.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** 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`
- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2241.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 500, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c2f16e1-23ba-4df3-a1d0-351f8096b43e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).