republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1505.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State contracts: procurement processes."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to publish, or cause to be published, the California State Contracts Register, describing contracts proposed by the state. Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to exempt a state agency from the requirement of advertising in the California State Contracts Register under specified circumstances and provides that the department will identify the exemptions and publish them prominently in each issue of the California State Contracts Register."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1505"
citation: "California SB 1505 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State contracts: procurement processes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ed3a1c0-716a-447c-b0d6-4b51f4083518"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1505"
source_hash: "4f9416041593ab6ce43115b6df96dcf34727fd544860fea3f1a59f0f36336212"
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 1505 (20172018) — State contracts: procurement processes.

(1) Existing law requires the Department of General Services to publish, or cause to be published, the California State Contracts Register, describing contracts proposed by the state. Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to exempt a state agency from the requirement of advertising in the California State Contracts Register under specified circumstances and provides that the department will identify the exemptions and publish them prominently in each issue of the California State Contracts Register.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/21/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1505&version=20170SB150599INT)
2. **06/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1505&version=20170SB150598AMD)
3. **09/10/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1505&version=20170SB150596CHP)
4. **SB1505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1505)
5. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1505&version=20170SB150597ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1505 G.O. (Dodd) Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB1505 G.O. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1505 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 21.
- **2018-04-04** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4786.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5015.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6313.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5464.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 335, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ed3a1c0-716a-447c-b0d6-4b51f4083518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).