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CA AB 361

enacted

Best value procurement: school districts.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 361 pass?

Yes. CA AB 361 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 361 about?

Existing law establishes a pilot program authorizing the Los Angeles Unified School District to use, before December 31, 2025, a best value procurement method for bid evaluation and selection for public projects that exceed $1,000,000. The pilot program establishes various requirements applicable to the use of the best value procurement method under the authorization. Existing law requires the school district to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on the use of the best value procurement method as provided and in accordance with a specified schedule. These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026. This bill would delete the reporting requirement and repeal date, thereby extending these provisions concerning the Los Angeles Unified School District indefinitely, and make related conforming changes. This bill would additionally authorize the governing board of any school district, except for the Los Angeles Unified School District, to use, before December 31, 2030, a best value procurement method for bid evaluation and selection for public projects that exceed $1,000,000. The bill would establish various requirements applicable to the use of the best value procurement method under this authorization. The bill would require a school district to submit a report on the use of the best value procurement method, as specified, to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2030. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2031.

Who sponsors CA AB 361?

Schultz is the primary sponsor of CA AB 361.

Description

Existing law establishes a pilot program authorizing the Los Angeles Unified School District to use, before December 31, 2025, a best value procurement method for bid evaluation and selection for public projects that exceed $1,000,000. The pilot program establishes various requirements applicable to the use of the best value procurement method under the authorization. Existing law requires the school district to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on the use of the best value procurement method as provided and in accordance with a specified schedule. These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026. This bill would delete the reporting requirement and repeal date, thereby extending these provisions concerning the Los Angeles Unified School District indefinitely, and make related conforming changes. This bill would additionally authorize the governing board of any school district, except for the Los Angeles Unified School District, to use, before December 31, 2030, a best value procurement method for bid evaluation and selection for public projects that exceed $1,000,000. The bill would establish various requirements applicable to the use of the best value procurement method under this authorization. The bill would require a school district to submit a report on the use of the best value procurement method, as specified, to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2030. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2031.

Introduced
2025-03-03
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Schultzauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-31

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  4. 2025-03-03

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-04

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  6. 2025-03-17

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12).

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  7. 2025-03-18

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  8. 2025-03-19

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-03-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.

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  10. 2025-04-09

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

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-28

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.)

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  14. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 1821.)

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  15. 2025-06-03

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

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  16. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  17. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25).

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  18. 2025-06-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2428.).

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  20. 2025-09-03

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  21. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  22. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  23. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/30/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-30Compare
  • 03/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-03Compare
  • 03/18/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-18Compare
  • 05/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-28Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB361Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-03-12 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Castillo: other
    • Garcia: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 12-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 361 Schultz Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 70-3

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • Dixon: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass

    2025-06-25 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no

  • 3rd Reading AB361 Schultz By Pérez

    2025-09-03 · pass · 31-8

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Jones: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Niello: no
    • Grove: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: no
    • Valladares: other

Related bills

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