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type: "Bill"
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title: "School districts: contracting: purchases for child nutrition programs."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 544"
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citation: "California SB 544 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["School districts: contracting: purchases for child nutrition programs."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-02-16"
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last_action: "2017-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64085fb-4ef3-4f0b-b76e-b99ed080ada2"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544"
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source_hash: "79876437742b82f8b83ed86405533e0a46ea69e7c3c41f4c4b14d757d5a4fdb9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 544 (20172018) — School districts: contracting: purchases for child nutrition programs.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544&version=20170SB54499INT)
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2. **03/21/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544&version=20170SB54498AMD)
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3. **05/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544&version=20170SB54497AMD)
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4. **07/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544&version=20170SB54496AMD)
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5. **09/30/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544&version=20170SB54494CHP)
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6. **SB544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544)
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7. **09/01/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB544&version=20170SB54495ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent Calendar # SB544 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 544 McGuire Consent Calendar Second Day — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- McGuire — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
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- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing March 29.
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- **2017-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 536.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2017-04-17** April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1186.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-26** Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
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- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1330.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2634.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-08-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-21** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2170.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-22** Set for hearing August 23.
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- **2017-08-23** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2243.) `committee-passage`
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- **2017-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2017-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2351.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 395, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64085fb-4ef3-4f0b-b76e-b99ed080ada2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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