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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Los Angeles Unified School District: best value procurement: pilot program."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1185"
citation: "California AB 1185 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Los Angeles Unified School District: best value procurement: pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/404a3791-15dc-4e80-ab84-6d8348afc532"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185"
source_hash: "70773f37116727fe02096b3665752950771ce428f4677f58b18362442a8f9229"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185&version=20150AB118599INT)
2. **05/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185&version=20150AB118598AMD)
3. **05/20/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185&version=20150AB118597AMD)
4. **07/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185&version=20150AB118596AMD)
5. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185&version=20150AB118595AMD)
6. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185&version=20150AB118593CHP)
7. **AB1185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185)
8. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1185&version=20150AB118594ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/404a3791-15dc-4e80-ab84-6d8348afc532`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).