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type: "Bill"
title: "Counties: public works contracts."
description: "Existing law provides that if the estimated cost of construction of any county building or the cost of any painting or repairs thereto, exceeds a specified sum, the work shall be done by contract and that any such contract not let pursuant to specified provisions is void. Existing law requires a board of supervisors to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law also authorizes a county, with approval of the board of supervisors, to utilize an alternative procedure for bidding on construction projects in the county in excess of $2,500,000 and to award the project using either the lowest responsible bidder or by best value, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 328"
citation: "California SB 328 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties: public works contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e71f5bb-aae6-42bb-8075-c34fbe471890"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328"
source_hash: "1a37ca5f93c36549bf16707bc13dcd6d4ab3adce71d2c2157ee41daffba21e07"
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 328 (20132014) — Counties: public works contracts.
Existing law provides that if the estimated cost of construction of any county building or the cost of any painting or repairs thereto, exceeds a specified sum, the work shall be done by contract and that any such contract not let pursuant to specified provisions is void. Existing law requires a board of supervisors to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law also authorizes a county, with approval of the board of supervisors, to utilize an alternative procedure for bidding on construction projects in the county in excess of $2,500,000 and to award the project using either the lowest responsible bidder or by best value, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328&version=20130SB32899INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328&version=20130SB32898AMD)
3. **04/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328&version=20130SB32897AMD)
4. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328&version=20130SB32896AMD)
5. **08/12/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328&version=20130SB32895AMD)
6. **10/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328&version=20130SB32893CHP)
7. **SB328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328)
8. **09/03/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB328&version=20130SB32894ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **120** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #2**370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **60** (pass) · upper
- SB 328 Knight Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **770** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9**380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Knight — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 406.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 712.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-12** Read third time and amended. (Page 2513.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2605.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-28** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2042.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 517, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e71f5bb-aae6-42bb-8075-c34fbe471890`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).