Bill Commons

CA SB 713

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Employee stock ownership plans: contractors: certification: bid preferences.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

(1) Existing law creates within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development the Office of Small Business Advocate in order to advocate the causes of small business and to provide small businesses with the information they need to survive in the marketplace to be led by the Small Business Advocate. The California Employee Ownership Act requires, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Office of Small Business Advocate to establish the California Employee Ownership Hub (hub) and to appoint an Employee Ownership Hub Manager (manager) to administer the hub. The act authorizes the manager to be responsible for certain duties, including working with all California state agencies whose regulations and programs affect employee-owned companies, and businesses with the potential to become employee-owned, to enhance opportunities and reduce barriers. This bill would require the Director of General Services (director) to issue an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) contractor certificate to a qualified contractor, as defined, that presents a valid and favorable ESOP determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service. The bill would require the director to determine the percentage of ESOP ownership for an applicant and indicate the percentage on the certificate, as specified. The bill would require the director to require that the certificate be renewed every 3 years. The bill would additionally authorize the manager to be responsible for compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidders list of qualified contractors that have received the certificate from the Director of General Services. (2) Existing law establishes within the Transportation Agency a Department of Transportation. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to, among other things, plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain those transportation systems that the Legislature has made, or may make, the responsibility of the department, except as specified. This bill would require, beginning January 1, 2027, the Department of Transportation to provide bid preferences to qualified contractors that have received the certificate based on the percentage of the qualified contractor owned by its ESOP, whenever the department prepares a solicitation for a state-funded construction contract, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-02 — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Valladaresauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and G.O.

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  5. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing April 21.

  6. 2025-04-10

    Set for hearing April 28 in TRANS. pending receipt.

  7. 2025-04-21

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 809.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  8. 2025-04-23

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  9. 2025-04-23

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

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  10. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 920.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  12. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  14. 2025-05-23

    May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  15. 2026-02-02

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]

    2025-04-21 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Niello: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-28 · pass · 15-0

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Caballero: yes

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB713

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