Existing law provides that specified contracts entered into by any state agency for goods, services, or other specified activities, whether awarded through competitive bidding or not, are void unless and until approved by the Department of General Services, and approval shall be denied if the contract does not meet the required specifications of the bidding process. That law exempts certain transactions and contracts from that law, as specified. Existing law requires state agencies to secure at least 3 competitive bids for each contract and exempts specified contracts from this requirement.
California SB 224 (20112012) — Public contracts: Department of Water Resources.
Existing law provides that specified contracts entered into by any state agency for goods, services, or other specified activities, whether awarded through competitive bidding or not, are void unless and until approved by the Department of General Services, and approval shall be denied if the contract does not meet the required specifications of the bidding process. That law exempts certain transactions and contracts from that law, as specified. Existing law requires state agencies to secure at least 3 competitive bids for each contract and exempts specified contracts from this requirement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 224 Pavley Senate Third Reading By SMYTH — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Pavley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2011-02-17 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2011-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-03-17 (Corrected March 18.)
2011-04-12 Set for hearing April 26.
2011-04-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 740.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2011-05-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2011-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 987.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-05-23 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-14 From consent calendar.
2011-07-14 Ordered to third reading.
2011-09-01 Read third time and amended. (Page 2769.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2011-09-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2939.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2401.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 587, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1971bb04-5312-4519-b03f-746c8d66b8d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).