republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: Best Value Construction Contracting for Counties Pilot Program."
description: "Existing law establishes a pilot program to allow the Counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Solano, and Yuba to select a bidder on the basis of best value, as defined, for construction projects in excess of $1,000,000. Existing law also authorizes these counties to use a best value construction contracting method to award individual annual contracts, not to exceed $3,000,000, for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, as specified. Existing law establishes procedures and criteria for the selection of a best value contractor and requires that bidders verify specified information under oath. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of a participating county to submit a report that contains specified information about the projects awarded using the best value procedures described above to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee before January 1, 2020. Existing law repeals the pilot program provisions on January 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "California SB 128 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: Best Value Construction Contracting for Counties Pilot Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6152735a-ed1a-44c2-bd66-3aa6db90f0c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128"
source_hash: "31fe662c0f9c865ce8ddd6d7fa2053f5769e97c2c58b69612c33bf12b59482f1"
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 SB 128 (20192020) — Public contracts: Best Value Construction Contracting for Counties Pilot Program.

Existing law establishes a pilot program to allow the Counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Solano, and Yuba to select a bidder on the basis of best value, as defined, for construction projects in excess of $1,000,000. Existing law also authorizes these counties to use a best value construction contracting method to award individual annual contracts, not to exceed $3,000,000, for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, as specified. Existing law establishes procedures and criteria for the selection of a best value contractor and requires that bidders verify specified information under oath. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of a participating county to submit a report that contains specified information about the projects awarded using the best value procedures described above to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee before January 1, 2020. Existing law repeals the pilot program provisions on January 1, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128&version=20190SB12899INT)
2. **03/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128&version=20190SB12898AMD)
3. **06/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128&version=20190SB12897AMD)
4. **07/05/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128&version=20190SB12896AMD)
5. **07/10/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128&version=20190SB12895AMD)
6. **10/03/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128&version=20190SB12893CHP)
7. **SB128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128)
8. **09/04/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB128&version=20190SB12894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 128 Beall Senate Third Reading By Gonzalez — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB128 Beall et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB128 Beall et al. — **25–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Set for hearing March 20.
- **2019-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 384.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 476.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2806.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-26** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2262.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-28** Set for hearing August 28.
- **2019-08-28** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2313.) `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2437.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 501, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6152735a-ed1a-44c2-bd66-3aa6db90f0c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).