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CaliforniaSB 2722025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

San Mateo County Transit District: job order contracting: pilot program.

Sponsored By: Josh Becker (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Contract caps and cost checks on transit jobs

Each contract’s first term is capped at $5,000,000 and up to 12 months. No single job order can exceed $1,000,000. The district may extend for two one-year terms, with up to $10,000,000 total across those two years. The district may adjust the dollar limits each year to match the California CPI. Work cannot be split to dodge these caps. Before each job order, the district prepares an independent cost estimate and can refuse work it finds overpriced.

Prevailing wages and union rules on transit jobs

Workers on these projects must be paid the prevailing wage, no matter the job size. Contractors must honor the rate in effect at award and any raises later, including overtime, holiday, and shift pay. Every contract is covered by a project labor agreement with the Building Trades Council. The district cannot contract out work that a collective bargaining agreement protects. The district names a labor monitor who can inspect job sites on request.

Small and veteran firms get small-job edge

For repair or renovation jobs worth $250,000 or less, the district may award the work to a contractor certified as a small business by the district or as a disabled veterans business enterprise by the state. You must hold the certification to get this preference. This option runs through January 1, 2032.

Tougher compliance and penalties for contractors

All work under these contracts must follow state public works subcontracting law. Contractors must verify that any subcontractor has the right licenses. After a due-process review, the district can end a contract, stop work, or bar a contractor from future contracts for violations, including bid shopping.

How to bid San Mateo transit job orders

The district uses job order contracting for repair, remodeling, and other repetitive unit-priced work, not new construction. It competitively bids these contracts and gives bidders a unit price catalog, terms, and specs. Bids must include adjustment factors to the district’s prices and list subcontractors; winners must follow the project labor agreement. The district may award more than one contract from a single solicitation. Firms that helped write the solicitation cannot bid. This pilot authority runs through January 1, 2032.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Josh Becker

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Marc Berman

    Democratic • House

  • Catherine Stefani

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 178 • No: 1

Senate vote • 9/3/2025

Item 40 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 40 • No: 0

House vote • 8/28/2025

Item 25 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 75 • No: 1

legislature vote • 6/18/2025

Vote in CX15

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/1/2025

Item 36 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 39 • No: 0

legislature vote • 3/25/2025

Vote in CS59

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 310, Statutes of 2025.

    10/3/2025Senate

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    10/3/2025legislature

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    9/9/2025legislature

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2442.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    9/3/2025Senate

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

    8/28/2025Senate

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2765.) Ordered to the Senate.

    8/28/2025House

  7. Ordered to third reading.

    8/20/2025House

  8. Read third time and amended.

    8/20/2025House

  9. Ordered to third reading.

    6/23/2025House

  10. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

    6/23/2025House

  11. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

    6/19/2025House

  12. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18).

    6/18/2025House

  13. Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    5/12/2025House

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    4/1/2025House

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 603.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    4/1/2025Senate

  16. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

    3/27/2025Senate

  17. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 534.) (March 25).

    3/26/2025Senate

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

    3/18/2025Senate

  19. Set for hearing March 25.

    3/11/2025Senate

  20. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    2/14/2025Senate

  21. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.

    2/5/2025Senate

  22. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    2/4/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Chaptered

    10/3/2025

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  • Enrolled

    9/5/2025

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  • Amended Assembly

    8/20/2025

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  • Amended Senate

    3/18/2025

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  • Introduced

    2/4/2025

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