Bill Commons

CA AB 2187

enacted

Public contracts: contracts for services.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2187 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2187 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-25): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2187 about?

Existing law that governs state acquisition of goods and services exempts certain consulting services contracts from advertising and bidding requirements, including contracts that can only be performed by a public entity, as defined. This bill would additionally exempt contracts that can only be performed by a federally recognized California Native American tribe from the above-described advertising and bidding requirements. Existing law requires a state agency to secure at least 3 competitive bids or proposals for each contract for services. Existing law exempts specified contracts from this requirement, including a contract that is with, among other entities, another state agency, a local governmental entity, an auxiliary organization of the California State University, or an auxiliary organization of a California community college. This bill would additionally exempt a contract that is with a federally recognized California Native American tribe from the above-described provisions and would authorize a federally recognized California Native American tribe to include a subcontract with any subdivision, subsidiary, or business enterprise wholly owned by a federally recognized California Native American tribe for the purpose of fulfilling an interagency agreements if the contracting federally recognized California Native American tribe provides a limited waiver of sovereign immunity and a justification of cost of service to show market equivalence of similar services. Existing law prohibits a person, firm, or subsidiary thereof that has been awarded a consulting services contract from submitting a bid for, or being awarded a contract for, the provision of services, the procurement of goods or supplies, or any other related action that is required, suggested, or otherwise deemed appropriate in the end product of the consulting services contract, with certain exceptions. This bill would exempt California Native American tribes awarded a consulting services contract for tribal cultural resources purposes, as defined, from the above-described provisions.

Who sponsors CA AB 2187?

Ramos is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2187.

Description

Existing law that governs state acquisition of goods and services exempts certain consulting services contracts from advertising and bidding requirements, including contracts that can only be performed by a public entity, as defined. This bill would additionally exempt contracts that can only be performed by a federally recognized California Native American tribe from the above-described advertising and bidding requirements. Existing law requires a state agency to secure at least 3 competitive bids or proposals for each contract for services. Existing law exempts specified contracts from this requirement, including a contract that is with, among other entities, another state agency, a local governmental entity, an auxiliary organization of the California State University, or an auxiliary organization of a California community college. This bill would additionally exempt a contract that is with a federally recognized California Native American tribe from the above-described provisions and would authorize a federally recognized California Native American tribe to include a subcontract with any subdivision, subsidiary, or business enterprise wholly owned by a federally recognized California Native American tribe for the purpose of fulfilling an interagency agreements if the contracting federally recognized California Native American tribe provides a limited waiver of sovereign immunity and a justification of cost of service to show market equivalence of similar services. Existing law prohibits a person, firm, or subsidiary thereof that has been awarded a consulting services contract from submitting a bid for, or being awarded a contract for, the provision of services, the procurement of goods or supplies, or any other related action that is required, suggested, or otherwise deemed appropriate in the end product of the consulting services contract, with certain exceptions. This bill would exempt California Native American tribes awarded a consulting services contract for tribal cultural resources purposes, as defined, from the above-described provisions.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-09-25 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ramosauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-25

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-25

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-27

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-20

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-08-20

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5591.).

  7. 2026-08-18

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  8. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  9. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-06-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  12. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-05-22

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2026-05-22

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5265.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  15. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  16. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  19. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  20. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and G.O.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  22. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-07 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bryan: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-22 · pass · 21-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Ramos: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Berman: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 2187 Ramos Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-22 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Chen: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Arambula: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Rubio: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: other

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