Public contracts: Best Value Construction Contracting for Counties Pilot Program.
Existing law establishes a pilot program to allow the Counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Solano, and Yuba to select a bidder on the basis of best value, as defined, for construction projects in excess of $1,000,000. Existing law also authorizes these counties to use a best value construction contracting method to award individual annual contracts, not to exceed $3,000,000, for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, as specified. Existing law establishes procedures and criteria for the selection of a best value contractor and requires that bidders verify specified information under oath. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of a participating county to submit a report that contains specified information about the projects awarded using the best value procedures described above to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee before January 1, 2020. Existing law repeals the pilot program provisions on January 1, 2020.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 128
California SB 128 (20192020)
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Public contracts: Best Value Construction Contracting for Counties Pilot Program.
California SB 128 (20192020) — Public contracts: Best Value Construction Contracting for Counties Pilot Program.
Existing law establishes a pilot program to allow the Counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Solano, and Yuba to select a bidder on the basis of best value, as defined, for construction projects in excess of $1,000,000. Existing law also authorizes these counties to use a best value construction contracting method to award individual annual contracts, not to exceed $3,000,000, for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, as specified. Existing law establishes procedures and criteria for the selection of a best value contractor and requires that bidders verify specified information under oath. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of a participating county to submit a report that contains specified information about the projects awarded using the best value procedures described above to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee before January 1, 2020. Existing law repeals the pilot program provisions on January 1, 2020.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-01-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
2019-01-24 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2019-03-06 Set for hearing March 20.
2019-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 384.) (March 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-03-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-03-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 476.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-03-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-02 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2019-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2806.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2019-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2262.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-28 Set for hearing August 28.
2019-08-28 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2313.) committee-passage
2019-09-03 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2437.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 501, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6152735a-ed1a-44c2-bd66-3aa6db90f0c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).