republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-331.md

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Bill	Public contracts: local agencies: negotiations.	Existing law relating to public contracts requires local agencies, including cities and counties, to comply with specified procedures for public contracting for public construction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 331	California SB 331 (20152016)	bill	Public contracts: local agencies: negotiations.	enacted	Mendoza	9	28	6	2015-02-23	2015-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8624b195-895f-4c96-941a-0fc8887ced30	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB331	fb0433a527e418e9c1adc2764764a02b3605a4806f536b4268f393579cfbba43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 331 (20152016) — Public contracts: local agencies: negotiations.

Existing law relating to public contracts requires local agencies, including cities and counties, to comply with specified procedures for public contracting for public construction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB331 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB331 Mendoza Concurrence — 22–15 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–4 (pass) · lower
• SB 331 Mendoza Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — 48–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mendoza — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2015-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 815.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2015-05-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2015-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 1066.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 4.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 July 15 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-08-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 2969.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2673.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 714, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8624b195-895f-4c96-941a-0fc8887ced30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).