republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-114.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: building construction."
description: "(1) Existing law, except as specified, prohibits any state agency from expending funds appropriated for design-build projects until the Department of Finance and the State Public Works Board have approved performance criteria or performance criteria and concept drawings for the project. Existing law, for these purposes, defines the term \"performance criteria\" to mean the information that fully describes the scope of the proposed project, as specified. Existing law, for these purposes, defines the term \"concept drawings\" to mean any schematic drawings or architectural renderings that are prepared, in addition to performance criteria, in the detail necessary to sufficiently describe the state's needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 114"
citation: "California AB 114 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public works: building construction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/979a7735-068c-4492-a9d3-7fc3331fe06b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB114"
source_hash: "9ae6ba55d9e9c3b3d587bb1acb67f1876baa2cac23f98a0652f9502f79d00bb2"
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 114 (20152016) — Public works: building construction.

(1) Existing law, except as specified, prohibits any state agency from expending funds appropriated for design-build projects until the Department of Finance and the State Public Works Board have approved performance criteria or performance criteria and concept drawings for the project. Existing law, for these purposes, defines the term "performance criteria" to mean the information that fully describes the scope of the proposed project, as specified. Existing law, for these purposes, defines the term "concept drawings" to mean any schematic drawings or architectural renderings that are prepared, in addition to performance criteria, in the detail necessary to sufficiently describe the state's needs.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB114&version=20150AB11499INT)
2. **06/11/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB114&version=20150AB11498AMD)
3. **06/24/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB114&version=20150AB11496CHP)
4. **AB114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB114)
5. **06/15/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB114&version=20150AB11497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 114 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WEBER — **78–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 114 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By WEBER — **51–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB114 Committee on Budget By Leno — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2015-01-16** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 641.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 1428.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-06-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 1994.)
- **2015-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 1994.)
- **2015-06-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 1994.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/979a7735-068c-4492-a9d3-7fc3331fe06b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).