republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2580.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: job order contracting."
description: "Existing law authorizes job order contracting, as provided, by the Los Angeles Unified School District, until December 1, 2012. Existing law requires the job order contracts to be competitively bid and awarded to the responsible qualified bidder with the lowest responsive bid. Existing law requires that the unified school district create a report of any job order contract procured and submit an interim report to certain committees in the Legislature and the Office of Public School Construction, as specified. Existing law requires the unified school district to provide specified notice of work for subcontractors, whose bids will be taken by the primary job order contractor. Existing law requires for contracts awarded pursuant to these provisions that the Los Angeles Unified School District pay a fee into the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, which funds are continuously appropriated for the Department of Industrial Relations' enforcement of prevailing wage requirements on public works projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2580"
citation: "California AB 2580 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: job order contracting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Furutani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc45e4b-a451-4e01-8c1d-8d8e0b505443"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2580"
source_hash: "0217be4e48ee0b9217b10946d6e4863b57c6e56d3e46f6affbb5b8bebd708e07"
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 AB 2580 (20112012) — Public contracts: job order contracting.

Existing law authorizes job order contracting, as provided, by the Los Angeles Unified School District, until December 1, 2012. Existing law requires the job order contracts to be competitively bid and awarded to the responsible qualified bidder with the lowest responsive bid. Existing law requires that the unified school district create a report of any job order contract procured and submit an interim report to certain committees in the Legislature and the Office of Public School Construction, as specified. Existing law requires the unified school district to provide specified notice of work for subcontractors, whose bids will be taken by the primary job order contractor. Existing law requires for contracts awarded pursuant to these provisions that the Los Angeles Unified School District pay a fee into the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, which funds are continuously appropriated for the Department of Industrial Relations' enforcement of prevailing wage requirements on public works projects.

## 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=201120120AB2580&version=20110AB258099INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2580&version=20110AB258098AMD)
3. **04/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2580&version=20110AB258097AMD)
4. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2580&version=20110AB258095CHP)
5. **AB2580** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2580)
6. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2580&version=20110AB258096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2580 Furutani By Padilla — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- AB 2580 FURUTANI Assembly Third Reading — **51–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Furutani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4913.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4578.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 825, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc45e4b-a451-4e01-8c1d-8d8e0b505443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).