republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1280.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: University of California and community college districts: competitive bidding: best value."
description: "Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of more than $100,000 annually for goods and materials or services to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing law requires the governing board of any community college district to let specified contracts involving an expenditure of more than $50,000 to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or else to reject all bids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1280"
citation: "California SB 1280 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: University of California and community college districts: competitive bidding: best value."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffc59556-f958-47fe-8345-82e666cc4287"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280"
source_hash: "f6cda0186cabadc1907d15b44e2262f28eb9cf2a117d0756d905b88a10533871"
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 1280 (20112012) — Public contracts: University of California and community college districts: competitive bidding: best value.

Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, except as provided, to let all contracts involving an expenditure of more than $100,000 annually for goods and materials or services to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or to reject all bids. Existing law requires the governing board of any community college district to let specified contracts involving an expenditure of more than $50,000 to the lowest responsible bidder meeting certain specifications, or else to reject all bids.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128099INT)
2. **04/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128098AMD)
3. **05/02/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128097AMD)
4. **06/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128096AMD)
5. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128095AMD)
6. **08/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128094AMD)
7. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128092CHP)
8. **SB1280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280)
9. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1280&version=20110SB128093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1280 Pavley By Lowenthal Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1280 Pavley Senate Third Reading By BLOCK — **72–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2012-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3302.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-11** Set for hearing May 21.
- **2012-05-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3616.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-04** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 6177.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5061.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 708, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffc59556-f958-47fe-8345-82e666cc4287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).