republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-27.md

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Bill	University of California: vendors.	Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that the University of California constitutes a public trust and require the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California (regents) , a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes, including any competitive bidding procedures as may be applicable to the university by statute for specified purposes, including the purchasing of materials, goods, and services. Existing law requires the regents, except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of $100,000 or more annually for goods and materials or services, excepting personal or professional services, to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing policy of the regents establishes a general prohibition on contracting out for services and functions that can be performed by university staff, with certain exceptions, establishes employment standards for contract employees, and provides for the conversion of contract employees to university employment under prescribed circumstances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 27	California SB 27 (20232024)	bill	University of California vendors	enacted	Durazo	12	37	10	2022-12-05	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5cd7594a-05ca-4aa5-be7d-09515a0246e3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB27	f623c2014cb4da3faa968c61ec83324e22db3cdff3490f28de47f54c6e401b19	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 27 (20232024) — University of California: vendors.

Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that the University of California constitutes a public trust and require the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California (regents) , a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes, including any competitive bidding procedures as may be applicable to the university by statute for specified purposes, including the purchasing of materials, goods, and services. Existing law requires the regents, except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of $100,000 or more annually for goods and materials or services, excepting personal or professional services, to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing policy of the regents establishes a general prohibition on contracting out for services and functions that can be performed by university staff, with certain exceptions, establishes employment standards for contract employees, and provides for the conversion of contract employees to university employment under prescribed circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/25/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/15/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. SB27 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 27 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — 61–14 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB27 Durazo et al. Concurrence — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB27 Durazo et al. — 29–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Durazo — primary (person)
• Caballero — author (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
• Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
• 2023-01-18 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Set for hearing March 8.
• 2023-03-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 306.) (March 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 576.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1158.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 3197.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2615.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cd7594a-05ca-4aa5-be7d-09515a0246e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).