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type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: construction contracts."
description: "Existing law requires, until January 1, 2019, the governing board of a school district that enters into a contract for a public project, as defined, for which the board uses moneys received pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 or moneys from future state school bonds for a public project that involves a projected expenditure of $1,000,000 or more, to require prospective bidders for a construction contract to complete and submit a standardized prequalification questionnaire and financial statement. Existing law requires the questionnaire and statement to be verified under oath by the bidder and for the district to adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders on the basis of the questionnaire and statement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1581"
citation: "California AB 1581 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities: construction contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b2a1ce-c5e7-49ec-b9af-91adb8817e37"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1581"
source_hash: "08de3b25549f9488e5117c52de83754d7245129b71311268bd6ea0b5c38b4ef0"
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 AB 1581 (20132014) — School facilities: construction contracts.
Existing law requires, until January 1, 2019, the governing board of a school district that enters into a contract for a public project, as defined, for which the board uses moneys received pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 or moneys from future state school bonds for a public project that involves a projected expenditure of $1,000,000 or more, to require prospective bidders for a construction contract to complete and submit a standardized prequalification questionnaire and financial statement. Existing law requires the questionnaire and statement to be verified under oath by the bidder and for the district to adopt and apply a uniform system of rating bidders on the basis of the questionnaire and statement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/03/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1581&version=20130AB158199INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1581&version=20130AB158198AMD)
3. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1581&version=20130AB158197AMD)
4. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1581&version=20130AB158195CHP)
5. **AB1581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1581)
6. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1581&version=20130AB158196ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **51** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1581 Buchanan By Padilla — **2411** (pass) · upper
- AB 1581 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — **6016** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Buchanan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 5289.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4656.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b2a1ce-c5e7-49ec-b9af-91adb8817e37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).