---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: design-build contracts."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2025, authorizes a school district, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, to procure design-build contracts for projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided. Existing law requires specified information to be certified under penalty of perjury, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 956"
citation: "California SB 956 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities", "design-build contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b5c7e7-d0bb-4503-bdaf-3868fb2182de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB956"
source_hash: "f100000a0ec599c267306018ad12a879a55bda4046a7f5f8efcebf7789db9f99"
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 956 (20232024) — School facilities: design-build contracts.

Existing law, until January 1, 2025, authorizes a school district, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, to procure design-build contracts for projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided. Existing law requires specified information to be certified under penalty of perjury, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB956&version=20230SB95699INT)
2. **08/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB956&version=20230SB95697CHP)
3. **SB956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB956)
4. **08/09/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB956&version=20230SB95698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 956 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Set for hearing March 20.
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2024-04-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 4010.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6249.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b5c7e7-d0bb-4503-bdaf-3868fb2182de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).