AB 1658: Local Agency Public Construction Act: change orders: County of Los Angeles: County of Santa Clara.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, regulates contracting by local agencies, including counties and special districts. The act includes specific provisions for contracting by counties and contracting for county highways, bridges, and subways, and county waterworks districts. Those provisions include change order authorization for contracts, as prescribed, and impose caps on the extra cost of any change order, varying with the value of the original contract. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, authorizes the County of Los Angeles and the County of Santa Clara to add a change order cap of $400,000 for contracts whose original cost exceeds $25,000,000 and of $750,000 for contracts whose original cost exceeds $50,000,000, both of which are adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index. Existing law imposes similar caps for both counties with regard to county highways and similar caps for the County of Los Angeles with regard to county bridges, subways, waterworks districts, and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. That law requires the provisions specific to the County of Los Angeles and the County of Santa Clara modify no more than 7 contracts and requires those counties to provide a review report to the Assembly Committee on Local Government and the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance no later than July 1, 2026.

This bill would no longer require the County of Los Angeles and the County of Santa Clara to modify no more than 7 contracts and no longer require those counties to provide a review report, as described above. The bill would delete the January 1, 2027, repeal date, thereby extending these provisions indefinitely.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Santa Clara and the County of Los Angeles.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. June 30, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 41, Statutes of 2026.
2. June 30, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. June 24, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
4. June 18, 2026In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
5. June 18, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4859.).
6. June 11, 2026Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
7. June 10, 2026From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10).
8. May 20, 2026Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
9. May 12, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
10. May 11, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 4993.)
11. May 4, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
12. April 30, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29).