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Bill	School facilities: design-build contracts.	Existing law, until January 1, 2025, authorizes a school district, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, to procure design-build contracts for projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided. Existing law requires specified information to be certified under penalty of perjury, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 956	California SB 956 (20232024)	bill	School facilities design-build contracts	enacted	Cortese	4	19	5	2024-01-22	2024-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/a2b5c7e7-d0bb-4503-bdaf-3868fb2182de	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB956	f100000a0ec599c267306018ad12a879a55bda4046a7f5f8efcebf7789db9f99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 956 (20232024) — School facilities: design-build contracts.

Existing law, until January 1, 2025, authorizes a school district, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, to procure design-build contracts for projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided. Existing law requires specified information to be certified under penalty of perjury, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 01/22/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/19/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB956 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/09/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 956 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cortese — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Set for hearing March 20.
• 2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-03-28 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2024-04-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 4010.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-05-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6249.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-08 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2024-08-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2024-08-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-08-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2b5c7e7-d0bb-4503-bdaf-3868fb2182de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).