Existing law establishes a pilot program authorizing the Los Angeles Unified School District to use, before December 31, 2025, a best value procurement method for bid evaluation and selection for public projects that exceed $1,000,000. The pilot program establishes various requirements applicable to the use of the best value procurement method under the authorization. Existing law requires the school district to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on the use of the best value procurement method as provided and in accordance with a specified schedule. These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026.
California AB 361 (20252026) — Best value procurement: school districts.
Existing law establishes a pilot program authorizing the Los Angeles Unified School District to use, before December 31, 2025, a best value procurement method for bid evaluation and selection for public projects that exceed $1,000,000. The pilot program establishes various requirements applicable to the use of the best value procurement method under the authorization. Existing law requires the school district to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on the use of the best value procurement method as provided and in accordance with a specified schedule. These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
2025-02-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-03-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-04 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-03-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-03-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 1821.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2428.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5b4b682-a6e2-4937-baee-f6f8cc297b6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).