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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 361: Best value procurement: school districts.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 361 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Best value procurement: school districts. Primary sponsor: Nick Schultz (D). Most recent recorded action (October 1, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

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

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 These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026.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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nick SchultzPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly44

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2428.).
  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25).
  8. Referred to Com. on ED.
  9. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 1821.)
  11. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.)
  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page