republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: task order procurement contracting: Los Angeles Unified School District."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to let contracts for the purchase of equipment, materials, or supplies to be furnished, leased, or sold to the district, services other than construction services, and certain repairs, involving an expenditure of more than $50,000, and to let contracts for public projects, as defined, involving an expenditure of $15,000 or more, to the lowest responsible bidder who gives security as the governing board requires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2488"
citation: "California AB 2488 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities: task order procurement contracting: Los Angeles Unified School District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a00f3a-8dd9-49ea-89fe-1bd6e228409a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2488"
source_hash: "c87735bae5a7a0ecfd955dc31d2db09e3e1ab079e4e2e642ba0a868736f442ff"
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 2488 (20172018) — School facilities: task order procurement contracting: Los Angeles Unified School District.

Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to let contracts for the purchase of equipment, materials, or supplies to be furnished, leased, or sold to the district, services other than construction services, and certain repairs, involving an expenditure of more than $50,000, and to let contracts for public projects, as defined, involving an expenditure of $15,000 or more, to the lowest responsible bidder who gives security as the governing board requires.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2488&version=20170AB248899INT)
2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2488&version=20170AB248898AMD)
3. **05/01/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2488&version=20170AB248897AMD)
4. **07/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2488&version=20170AB248895CHP)
5. **AB2488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2488)
6. **07/06/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2488&version=20170AB248896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2488 O'Donnell By Wilk — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2488 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** 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`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 5428.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 5106.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 129, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a00f3a-8dd9-49ea-89fe-1bd6e228409a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).