SB-1154 • 2026

Public contracts: best value procurement: community college districts.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Reyes
Last action: 2026-04-09
Official status: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the requirements for best value procurement or the exact nature of the report to be submitted.

Community College Districts Can Use Best Value Procurement

This law allows community college district boards to use a best value procurement method for public projects over $1 million before December 31, 2030 and requires them to report on its use.

What This Bill Does

Allows community college district boards to choose the best bidder based on quality, not just lowest price, for public projects over $1 million before December 31, 2030.
Establishes requirements that community college districts must follow when using this new procurement method.
Requires community college districts to send a report about how they use this procurement method to the state legislature by January 1, 2030.

Who It Names or Affects

Community college district boards
Contractors bidding on public projects over $1 million for community colleges

Terms To Know

Best value procurement method: A way to choose the best bidder based on quality, not just lowest price.
Community college district boards: The groups that make decisions for community colleges.

Limits and Unknowns

This law only applies to projects over $1 million and ends on January 1, 2031.
It does not specify how much money will be saved or if it will improve project quality.

Bill History

2026-04-09 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8).
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 8.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on ED.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1154, as introduced, Reyes.
Public contracts: best value procurement: community college districts.
Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, sets forth procedures that a local agency is required to follow when procuring certain services or work. The act requires the governing board of any school district and the governing board of any community college district to let contracts for the purchase of, among other things, equipment, materials, or supplies to be furnished, sold, or leased to the district, involving an expenditure of more than $50,000, to the lowest responsible bidder that gives security as the board requires, or else reject all bids. The act also authorizes the governing board of a school district, as described, to use, before December 31, 2030, a best value procurement method for bid evaluation and selection for public projects that exceed $1,000,000.
This bill would additionally authorize the governing board of a
community college 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 community college 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.

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