republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3058.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: inspections: examination and evaluation."
description: "The Field Act requires the Department of General Services under the police power of the state to supervise the design and construction of any school building or the reconstruction or alteration of or addition to any school building, if not exempted, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with adopted rules and regulations, and building standards published in regulations, and that the work of construction is performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications for the protection of life and property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3058"
citation: "California AB 3058 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities: inspections: examination and evaluation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cde3ca9-9312-49da-af48-b04eb0387198"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3058"
source_hash: "afdb5029d8ce87add6c23d8a6d04da2223fed8a688f86eddeabb596ba2bf41d4"
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 3058 (20172018) — School facilities: inspections: examination and evaluation.

The Field Act requires the Department of General Services under the police power of the state to supervise the design and construction of any school building or the reconstruction or alteration of or addition to any school building, if not exempted, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with adopted rules and regulations, and building standards published in regulations, and that the work of construction is performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications for the protection of life and property.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3058&version=20170AB305899INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3058&version=20170AB305898AMD)
3. **08/24/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3058&version=20170AB305896CHP)
4. **AB3058** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3058)
5. **08/08/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3058&version=20170AB305897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB3058 O'Donnell — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3058 O'DONNELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** 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`
- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5306.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** 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. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5167.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2018-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 197, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cde3ca9-9312-49da-af48-b04eb0387198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).