CA SB 247
in committeeState agency contracts: bid preference: equity metrics.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Existing law establishes bid preferences and participation goals in public contracting for certain types of bidders. The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act establishes a minimum goal of 25% procurement participation for small businesses, including microbusinesses, in the provision of goods, information technology, and services to the state, and in the construction of state facilities. The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act requires that state agencies awarding contracts for goods, information technology, services, and construction give 5% bid preferences, as specified, to small business and microbusiness bidders. The California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program requires state departments that award contracts to establish 3% participation goals for certain types of contracts for certified disabled veteran business enterprises, as defined. This bill would require an awarding department, defined to include a state agency or department, to provide a bid preference of a prescribed percentage, as specified, in the award of contracts to contractors that set equity metrics. The bill would prohibit awarding a preference to a noncompliant bidder and would also prohibit the preference from being used to achieve any applicable minimum requirements. The bill would require the Department of General Services to adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing these provisions.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-30
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-23 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Smallwood-Cuevasauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-30
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-03
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
2025-02-14
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
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2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-21
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
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2025-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4. Page 830.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-06
May 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-01-09
Set for hearing January 20.
2026-01-20
January 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-01-21
Set for hearing January 22.
2026-01-22
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3268.) (January 22).
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2026-01-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-01-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 3306.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-01-27
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-18
Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
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2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Hurtado: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-01-20 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
Do pass
2026-01-22 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading SB247 Smallwood-Cuevas
2026-01-27 · pass · 30-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cortese: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Limón: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: no
- Grove: no
- Jones: no
- Niello: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Choi: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 6-2
Member-level votes (8)
- Caloza: yes
- Patel: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Soria: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wallis: no
- Castillo: no
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