republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-502.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of California: bidding requirements."
description: "Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, except as specified, to let any contract for a project to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law also provides that where the Regents of the University of California are of the view that a project of $100,000 or less does not require the application of all provisions of law relating to competitive bidding by the university, the regents shall solicit bids in writing and award the work to the lowest responsible bidder or reject all bids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 502"
citation: "California SB 502 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of California: bidding requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/005a5c86-de12-4626-91a8-c33edfeb2ba3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502"
source_hash: "db91575120be098c9cac8e1edbaad98557c30b35c590d9e148ab68b495785477"
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 502 (20132014) — University of California: bidding requirements.

Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, except as specified, to let any contract for a project to the lowest responsible bidder. Existing law also provides that where the Regents of the University of California are of the view that a project of $100,000 or less does not require the application of all provisions of law relating to competitive bidding by the university, the regents shall solicit bids in writing and award the work to the lowest responsible bidder or reject all bids.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502&version=20130SB50299INT)
2. **06/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502&version=20130SB50297AMD)
3. **06/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502&version=20130SB50296AMD)
4. **08/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502&version=20130SB50298AMD)
5. **09/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502&version=20130SB50294CHP)
6. **SB502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502)
7. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB502&version=20130SB50295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 502 Block Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **56–19** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB502 Block Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 787.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 948.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 6153.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4641.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 364, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/005a5c86-de12-4626-91a8-c33edfeb2ba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).