republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-835.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: University of California: pilot program: best value procedures."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2012, establishes the Best Value Construction Contract Pilot Program, which authorizes a single University of California campus located in the City and County of San Francisco to award construction contracts based on the best value procedures, as specified. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California to adopt and publish procedures and required criteria, as specified, that ensure that all selections are conducted in a fair and impartial manner. Existing law also requires, on or before January 1, 2010, the Regents of the University of California to submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee regarding the pilot program, as specified. Existing law requires bidders to verify specified information under oath."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 835"
citation: "California SB 835 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: University of California: pilot program: best value procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c04a3ea-4c02-4eae-b690-71911c97bf74"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB835"
source_hash: "ee3a299ad512fd2f6d3defe10e563885febc0001681a1fd0b6c0a54a263fc6e0"
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 835 (20112012) — Public contracts: University of California: pilot program: best value procedures.

Existing law, until January 1, 2012, establishes the Best Value Construction Contract Pilot Program, which authorizes a single University of California campus located in the City and County of San Francisco to award construction contracts based on the best value procedures, as specified. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California to adopt and publish procedures and required criteria, as specified, that ensure that all selections are conducted in a fair and impartial manner. Existing law also requires, on or before January 1, 2010, the Regents of the University of California to submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee regarding the pilot program, as specified. Existing law requires bidders to verify specified information under oath.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB835&version=20110SB83599INT)
2. **03/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB835&version=20110SB83598AMD)
3. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB835&version=20110SB83597AMD)
4. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB835&version=20110SB83595CHP)
5. **SB835** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB835)
6. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB835&version=20110SB83596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 835 Wolk Senate Third Reading By MA — **50–23** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB835 Wolk Concurrence — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 761.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 930.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 982.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 2631.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-30** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2123.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Set for hearing September 1.
- **2011-09-01** From committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 2261.) (September 1). `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2334.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 636, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c04a3ea-4c02-4eae-b690-71911c97bf74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).