SB 409 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public contracts: county-owned buildings.

Summary

The Local Agency Public Construction Act provides that for certain alteration or repair work upon county-owned buildings, counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more are exempt from provisions of the Public Contract Code requiring repairs exceeding a specified amount upon public buildings to be done by contract if the cost is under $50,000. This bill would provide that for certain alteration or repair work upon county-owned buildings, counties containing a population of 9 million or more are exempt from provisions of the Public Contract Code, requiring repairs exceeding a specified amount upon public buildings to be done by contract, if the cost is under $125,000, except as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jul 2025

Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Signed Jul 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

02/14/25 - Introduced → 04/30/25 - Amended Senate · 3 edits · Apr 30, 2025

MINOR

SB 409 was amended to add a special provision targeting Los Angeles County specifically. While the original bill gave all counties with 2 million or more residents a $175,000 threshold for repair work exempt from contracting requirements, the amended version adds a lower $125,000 threshold for counties with 9 million or more (effectively only LA County), unless the general contracting threshold under Section 22032(a) has been adjusted to $125,000 or higher, in which case LA County reverts to the $175,000 amount. A new section adds legislative findings justifying a special statute for LA County under the California Constitution.

Scope change

The bill now explicitly targets Los Angeles County with a distinct (lower) threshold, while maintaining the broader $175,000 threshold for all other counties with populations of 2 million or more. The special statute findings section confirms the bill is intended to apply uniquely to LA County.

SCOPE

New subdivision (b) creates a separate $125,000 threshold specifically for counties with a population of 9,000,000 or more (effectively only Los Angeles County), which is lower than the $175,000 threshold available to all other large counties under subdivision (a).

REQUIREMENT

A carve-out in subdivision (b)(2) provides that the $125,000 LA-specific threshold does not apply if the amount described in Section 22032(a) is equal to or exceeds $125,000, meaning LA County would then use the higher $175,000 threshold from subdivision (a).

TECHNICAL

New Section 2 adds legislative findings and declarations that a special statute is necessary for the County of Los Angeles due to its unique size and population, satisfying the constitutional requirement under Article IV, Section 16 for targeting a specific entity.

Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2025 · Assembly Jun 27, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

May 28, 2025

D Democratic30

28 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jul 14, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Jun 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

upper

Jun 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2341.) Ordered to the Senate.

lower

Jun 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Jun 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

lower

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1269.) Ordered to the Assembly.

upper

May 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1038.) (May 7).

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors