Existing law requires, until January 1, 2019, the governing board of a school district that enters into a contract for a public project, as defined, for which the board uses moneys received pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 or moneys from future state school bonds for a public project that involves a projected expenditure of $1,000,000 or more, to require prospective bidders for a construction contract to complete and submit a standardized prequalification questionnaire and financial statement. Existing law requires the questionnaire and statement to be verified under oath by the bidder and for the district to adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders on the basis of the questionnaire and statement.
California AB 1581 (20132014) — School facilities: construction contracts.
Existing law requires, until January 1, 2019, the governing board of a school district that enters into a contract for a public project, as defined, for which the board uses moneys received pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 or moneys from future state school bonds for a public project that involves a projected expenditure of $1,000,000 or more, to require prospective bidders for a construction contract to complete and submit a standardized prequalification questionnaire and financial statement. Existing law requires the questionnaire and statement to be verified under oath by the bidder and for the district to adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders on the basis of the questionnaire and statement.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1581 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — 60–16 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Buchanan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2014-03-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2014-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2014-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 5289.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-30 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4656.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2014-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1b2a1ce-c5e7-49ec-b9af-91adb8817e37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).