Local Agency Public Construction Act: change orders: County of Santa Clara.
Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, regulates contracting by local agencies, including counties and special districts. The act includes specific provisions for contracting by counties and contracting for county highways. Those provisions include change order authorization for construction contracts, as prescribed, and impose specified caps on the extra cost of any change order, varying with the value of the original contract. The act prohibits a change or alteration cost from exceeding $210,000.
California AB 1649 (20232024) — Local Agency Public Construction Act: change orders: County of Santa Clara.
Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, regulates contracting by local agencies, including counties and special districts. The act includes specific provisions for contracting by counties and contracting for county highways. Those provisions include change order authorization for construction contracts, as prescribed, and impose specified caps on the extra cost of any change order, varying with the value of the original contract. The act prohibits a change or alteration cost from exceeding $210,000.
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.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-03-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-03-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1266.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-06-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2350.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2023-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6694a47d-9070-4118-afb4-55a354045eb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).