AB 948 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

School facilities: task-order procurement contracting.

Summary

Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2034, a pilot project authorizing the governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District to award multiple annual task-order procurement contracts, as prescribed, for purposes that include services, repairs, and construction funded by the school district's general fund, local school construction bonds, or federal or state funds. This bill would, in addition, until January 1, 2031, authorize a school district with an average daily attendance of 2,501 or less or a county superintendent of schools to award multiple task-order procurement contracts for repair and renovation of buildings and grounds through a single request for bids. The bill would require these contracts to be paid for with money from the county or school district's general fund, a local construction bond, or federal or state funds and to be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2030, a school district or county superintendent of schools that uses the task-order procurement contracting method to submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a report on its use of the task-order procurement contracting method, as specified. This bill would limit the scope of these contracts to those purposes authorized by its funding source. The bill would, except as specified, prohibit a bidder from being deemed qualified for these contracts unless the bidder provides an enforceable commitment that it and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades. The bill would also require the contracting educational agency to ensure that it is in compliance with existing provisions that authorize personal service contracting for services currently or customarily performed by classified school employees before entering into a contract pursuant to these provisions. The bill would prohibit a school district or county superintendent of schools from utilizing a task-order procurement contract that is greater than $3,000,000 for an individual project unless it has entered into a project labor agreement, as specified, for all its public works.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jul 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Jun 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

06/04/26 - Amended Senate → AB948 · 1 edit

MINOR

This diff reflects a formatting and presentation change rather than a substantive policy change. The bill text was converted from a traditional legislative document layout (with line numbers, page headers, and formal section numbering) to a web-based rendering that includes navigation elements, search tools, and metadata. The operative provisions of AB 948 remain unchanged between the two versions.

TECHNICAL

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document with line numbers and page breaks into a web-based presentation format that includes site navigation (home, accessibility, FAQ, search), version tracking, and publication metadata.

04/21/25 - Amended Assembly → 06/04/26 - Amended Senate · 6 edits · Jun 4, 2026

MODERATE

The Senate amendment to AB 948 expands eligibility for task-order procurement contracting by raising the school district attendance cap from 2,500 to 2,501 and removing the 10,000-student cap on county superintendents of schools. It also adds two significant new requirements: a project labor agreement must be in place before using task-order contracts over $3 million for a single project, and bidders must commit to using a skilled workforce with apprenticeship compliance for all apprenticeable construction trades work.

Scope change

Eligibility expanded: school district cap increased by one student (2,500 to 2,501) and the county superintendent attendance cap was eliminated entirely. New substantive requirements added for large projects (project labor agreement) and workforce standards (apprenticeship compliance).

ELIGIBILITY

School district attendance threshold raised from 2,500 or less to 2,501 or less, expanding eligibility by one student.

The 10,000 average daily attendance cap on county superintendents of schools was removed entirely, allowing all county superintendents regardless of size to use task-order procurement.

REQUIREMENT

New requirement that a school district or county superintendent of schools cannot use a task-order procurement contract exceeding $3,000,000 for an individual project unless it has entered into a project labor agreement meeting Section 2500 requirements for all its public works projects.

New requirement that bidders must provide an enforceable commitment to the governing board that they and their subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce for all work in apprenticeable building and construction trades occupations, in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (Section 2600 et seq.) of Part 1.

SCOPE

A new Section 1 was added containing legislative findings and declarations stating the bill is narrowly tailored to repair, maintenance, replacement, and restoration projects (not new construction) and does not supplant existing public works contracting methods.

DEFINITION

Terminology changed throughout from 'county office of education' to 'county superintendent of schools' to align with current statutory language.

Floor votes · Assembly Jun 4, 2025

How they voted

76–1

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 78

Jun 4, 2025

D Democratic59

57 Yea 1 Nay 1

96% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 4, 2026

Introduced

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

upper

Jul 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

upper

Jun 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

upper

Jun 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on ED.

upper

Jun 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2053.)

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Introduced

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9).

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on ED.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors