republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1185.md

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Bill	Los Angeles Unified School District: best value procurement: pilot program.	The Local Agency Public Construction Act requires the governing board of any school district to let any contract for a public project, as defined, involving an expenditure of $15,000 or more, to the lowest responsible bidder that gives security as the board requires, or else reject all bids.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1185	California AB 1185 (20152016)	bill	Los Angeles Unified School District: best value procurement: pilot program.	enacted	Ridley-Thomas	8	24	7	2015-02-27	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/404a3791-15dc-4e80-ab84-6d8348afc532	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185	70773f37116727fe02096b3665752950771ce428f4677f58b18362442a8f9229	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1185 (20152016) — Los Angeles Unified School District: best value procurement: pilot program.

The Local Agency Public Construction Act requires the governing board of any school district to let any contract for a public project, as defined, involving an expenditure of $15,000 or more, to the lowest responsible bidder that gives security as the board requires, or else reject all bids.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1185 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 1185 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–25 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1185 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — 48–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1185 Ridley-Thomas By Mendoza — 26–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 23. Page 1556.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2374.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 2833.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 786, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/404a3791-15dc-4e80-ab84-6d8348afc532. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).