republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-195.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties: construction projects: design-build."
description: "Existing law, until July 1, 2014, authorizes counties to use alternative procedures, known as design-build, for bidding on specified types of construction projects in the county in excess of $2,500,000, in accordance with specified procedures. These procedures include a requirement for contracts awarded after a certain date that a county board of supervisors pay a fee into the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, which funds are continuously appropriated for the Department of Industrial Relations' enforcement of prevailing wage requirements on public works projects. These procedures also require specified information to be verified under oath."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 195"
citation: "California AB 195 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Counties: construction projects: design-build."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c212053-d087-492a-b3db-ee4811a6c648"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB195"
source_hash: "2f3e8d84bd6056c0a7398502914ff58c20a8a3bf95e7324ca53e900963e16cd7"
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 195 (20132014) — Counties: construction projects: design-build.

Existing law, until July 1, 2014, authorizes counties to use alternative procedures, known as design-build, for bidding on specified types of construction projects in the county in excess of $2,500,000, in accordance with specified procedures. These procedures include a requirement for contracts awarded after a certain date that a county board of supervisors pay a fee into the State Public Works Enforcement Fund, which funds are continuously appropriated for the Department of Industrial Relations' enforcement of prevailing wage requirements on public works projects. These procedures also require specified information to be verified under oath.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB195&version=20130AB19599INT)
2. **05/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB195&version=20130AB19598AMD)
3. **08/19/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB195&version=20130AB19596CHP)
4. **AB195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB195)
5. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB195&version=20130AB19597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB195 Hall By Wolk — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 195 HALL Assembly Third Reading — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 9. Page 1604.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1692.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 121, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c212053-d087-492a-b3db-ee4811a6c648`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).