AB 1809 — Public contracts: school and community college districts.

Summary

(1) Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, authorizes job order contracting, as defined, for school districts until January 1, 2027. Existing law requires job order contractors to submit a questionnaire to the school district containing specified information verified under oath, under penalty of perjury. This bill would extend the termination date for these provisions until January 1, 2037. Existing law authorizes a school district to utilize job order contracting only if the school district has entered into a project labor agreement or agreements that will apply to all public works awarded through job order contracting and to all other public works of the school district that exceed a monetary threshold set by the school district until January 1, 2027, regardless of what contracting procedure is used to award that work. This bill would extend the termination date for these provisions until January 1, 2037. The bill would also prohibit job order contracting by a school district if the district finds, based on criteria and methodology established by the school district, that it will increase the total cost of the project without sufficient documented justification. Existing law requires a school district to prepare an execution plan for all modernization projects that may be eligible for job order contracting. Existing law requires the school district to select from that plan a sufficient number of projects to be initiated as job order contracts during each calendar year and to determine for each selected project that job order contracting will reduce the total cost of that project, as specified. This bill would delete the above provisions. Existing law requires school districts adopting job order contracting to, among other things, prepare an independent estimate for each individual job order developed under a job order contract. The estimate must be prepared prior to the receipt of the contractor's offer to perform work and must be compared to the contractor's proposed price to determine the reasonableness of that price before the issuance of any job order. This bill, instead, would require that the school district's estimate be prepared prior to the receipt of the contractor's proposal. The bill would delete the requirement for the school district to compare its estimate to the contractor's proposed price, as described. Existing law also authorizes job order contracting for community college districts until January 1, 2027. Existing law requires job order contractors to submit a questionnaire to the community college district containing specified information verified under oath, under penalty of perjury. This bill would extend the termination date for these provisions until January 1, 2037. Existing law authorizes a community college district to utilize job order contracting only if the community college district has entered into a project labor agreement or agreements that will apply to all public works awarded through job order contracting and to all other public works of the district that exceed a monetary threshold set by the district until January 1, 2027, regardless of what contracting procedure is used to award that work. This bill would extend the termination date for these provisions until January 1, 2037. By extending the operation of those provisions that expand the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law authorizes continuing contracts for a school district to be made with an accepted vendor for work or services, or for apparatus or equipment, not to exceed 5 years, or for materials or supplies, not to exceed 3 years. This bill would prohibit the duration of any task order procurement contract or job order contract issued pursuant to specified Public Contract Code provisions from exceeding 5 years. The bill would additionally provide that any individual task order or job order issued pursuant to those contracts shall remain valid and enforceable despite the expiration of the term of the task order procurement contract or job order contract pursuant to which the individual task order or job order was validly issued. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/27/26 - Chaptered html September 27, 2026
• Enrolled 08/24/26 - Enrolled Current pdf August 24, 2026
• Amended 06/01/26 - Amended Senate pdf June 01, 2026
• Amended 03/23/26 - Amended Assembly pdf March 23, 2026
• Introduced 02/10/26 - Introduced pdf February 10, 2026
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Action History

1. August 27, 2026

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

2. August 20, 2026

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 12.).

3. August 19, 2026

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

4. August 19, 2026

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.).

5. June 23, 2026

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

6. June 22, 2026

   From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

7. June 10, 2026

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

8. June 01, 2026

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

9. May 27, 2026

   Referred to Com. on ED.

10. May 18, 2026

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

11. May 18, 2026

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 11. Page 5142.)

12. May 14, 2026

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

13. May 13, 2026

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 13).

14. May 06, 2026

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

15. April 15, 2026

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

16. March 24, 2026

    Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

17. March 23, 2026

    Read second time and amended.

18. March 19, 2026

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 18).

19. March 02, 2026

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED.

20. February 11, 2026

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

21. February 10, 2026

    Read first time. To print.

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• Mike Fong · Primary

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