republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-957.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care districts: design-build process."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Sonoma Valley Health Care District and, until January 1, 2025, the Marin Healthcare District, to use the design-build process when contracting for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building at the Sonoma Valley Hospital or the Marin General Hospital. Existing law sets forth the procurement process for design-build projects, as specified, and requires specified information by submitted design-build entities to be verified under penalty of perjury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 957"
citation: "California SB 957 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care districts: design-build process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-04"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aab07550-e495-4018-b419-fa79e2ecf442"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB957"
source_hash: "4dd249670606321b71bd1c7142a03cb0ba9ee664f415547d8c3637bb122e4842"
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 957 (20152016) — Health care districts: design-build process.

Existing law authorizes the Sonoma Valley Health Care District and, until January 1, 2025, the Marin Healthcare District, to use the design-build process when contracting for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building at the Sonoma Valley Hospital or the Marin General Hospital. Existing law sets forth the procurement process for design-build projects, as specified, and requires specified information by submitted design-build entities to be verified under penalty of perjury.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB957&version=20150SB95799INT)
2. **04/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB957&version=20150SB95798AMD)
3. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB957&version=20150SB95796CHP)
4. **SB957** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB957)
5. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB957&version=20150SB95797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 957 Hueso Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3517.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3841.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5778.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 212, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aab07550-e495-4018-b419-fa79e2ecf442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).