republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-617.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: progressive design-build: local and regional agencies: transit."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2029, authorizes local agencies, defined as any city, county, city and county, or special district authorized by law to provide for the production, storage, supply, treatment, or distribution of any water from any source, to use the progressive design-build process for up to 15 public works projects in excess of $5,000,000 for each project that treats, pumps, stores, or conveys water, wastewater, recycled water, advanced treated water, or supporting facilities. Existing law defines \"progressive design-build\" as a project delivery process in which both the design and construction of a project are procured from a single entity that is selected through a qualifications-based selection at the earliest feasible stage of the project. Existing law requires the selected entity and its general partners or joint venture members to verify specified information under penalty of perjury. Existing law requires local agencies to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2028, regarding the use of the progressive design-build process, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 617"
citation: "California SB 617 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts", "local and regional agencies", "progressive design-build", "transit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f72c58eb-a45a-49ff-bb20-de383ad80210"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB617"
source_hash: "b5ba957f94d1101c95a2275ecfe8411633bc84c4c90955510550da178abfbe3a"
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 617 (20232024) — Public contracts: progressive design-build: local and regional agencies: transit.

Existing law, until January 1, 2029, authorizes local agencies, defined as any city, county, city and county, or special district authorized by law to provide for the production, storage, supply, treatment, or distribution of any water from any source, to use the progressive design-build process for up to 15 public works projects in excess of $5,000,000 for each project that treats, pumps, stores, or conveys water, wastewater, recycled water, advanced treated water, or supporting facilities. Existing law defines "progressive design-build" as a project delivery process in which both the design and construction of a project are procured from a single entity that is selected through a qualifications-based selection at the earliest feasible stage of the project. Existing law requires the selected entity and its general partners or joint venture members to verify specified information under penalty of perjury. Existing law requires local agencies to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2028, regarding the use of the progressive design-build process, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB617&version=20230SB61799INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB617&version=20230SB61798AMD)
3. **06/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB617&version=20230SB61797AMD)
4. **10/04/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB617&version=20230SB61795CHP)
5. **SB617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB617)
6. **09/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB617&version=20230SB61796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 617 Newman Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 689.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 962.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2240.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 310, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f72c58eb-a45a-49ff-bb20-de383ad80210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).