Bill Commons

CA SB 272

enacted

San Mateo County Transit District: job order contracting: pilot program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 272 pass?

Yes. CA SB 272 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 310, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 272 about?

The Local Agency Public Construction Act sets forth procedures that a local agency is required to follow when procuring certain services or work. The act also sets forth specific public contracting requirements for certain transit districts, including the San Mateo County Transit District for construction work contracts. The act authorizes certain local agencies, including school districts and community college districts, to engage in job order contracting, as prescribed. This bill would establish a pilot program to authorize the San Mateo County Transit District to use job order contracting as a procurement method. The bill would impose a $5,000,000 cap on awards under a single job order contract and a $1,000,000 cap on any single job order. The bill would limit the term of an initial contract to a maximum of 12 months, with extensions as prescribed. The bill would establish various procedures and requirements for the use of job order contracting under the pilot program. The bill would require the district, on or before January 1, 2030, to submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a report on the use of job order contracting under the bill. The pilot program would be repealed on January 1, 2032. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Mateo County Transit District.

Who sponsors CA SB 272?

Becker is the primary sponsor of CA SB 272, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

The Local Agency Public Construction Act sets forth procedures that a local agency is required to follow when procuring certain services or work. The act also sets forth specific public contracting requirements for certain transit districts, including the San Mateo County Transit District for construction work contracts. The act authorizes certain local agencies, including school districts and community college districts, to engage in job order contracting, as prescribed. This bill would establish a pilot program to authorize the San Mateo County Transit District to use job order contracting as a procurement method. The bill would impose a $5,000,000 cap on awards under a single job order contract and a $1,000,000 cap on any single job order. The bill would limit the term of an initial contract to a maximum of 12 months, with extensions as prescribed. The bill would establish various procedures and requirements for the use of job order contracting under the pilot program. The bill would require the district, on or before January 1, 2030, to submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a report on the use of job order contracting under the bill. The pilot program would be repealed on January 1, 2032. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Mateo County Transit District.

Introduced
2025-02-04
Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 310, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Beckerauthor
  • Bermancoauthor
  • Stefanicoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 310, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-03

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2442.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-08-28

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2765.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-08-20

    Read third time and amended.

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  8. 2025-08-20

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2025-06-23

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  10. 2025-06-23

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  11. 2025-06-19

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  12. 2025-06-18

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18).

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  13. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-04-01

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  15. 2025-04-01

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 603.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. 2025-03-27

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  17. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 534.) (March 25).

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  18. 2025-03-18

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  19. 2025-03-11

    Set for hearing March 25.

  20. 2025-02-14

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-02-05

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.

  22. 2025-02-04

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/04/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-04Compare
  • 03/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-18Compare
  • 08/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-20Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
  • SB272Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-03-25 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other
  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-04-01 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Reyes: other
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-06-18 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Ta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ramos: yes
  • SB 272 Becker Senate Third Reading By Stefani

    2025-08-28 · pass · 75-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Alvarez: other
    • Berman: other
    • Valencia: other
  • Unfinished Business SB272 Becker et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0

    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
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes

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