María Elena Durazo
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 26
Author
Existing law, the State Contract Act, governs contracting between state agencies and private contractors, and sets forth requirements for the bidding, awarding, and overseeing of contracts for projects. This bill would establish the High Road Jobs in Transportation-Related Public Contracts and Grants Pilot Program to support the creation of equitable high-quality transportation and related manufacturing and infrastructure jobs. The bill would require a covered public contract, defined as a public contract awarded by the Department of General Services or the Department of Transportation for the acquisition of zero-emission transit vehicles or electric vehicle supply equipment valued at $10,000,000 or more, except as specified, to incorporate high road job standards, as specified. This bill would require high road job standards, that warrant that the contractor and any subcontractors shall satisfy specified requirements, to be material terms of the final contract between the bidder and the relevant public agency. The bill would require the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the Department of Transportation, to develop and publish policies, procedures, and requirements applicable to covered public contracts in the State Contracting Manual for the purpose of implementing these provisions. This bill would require, beginning 12 months after an entity is awarded a covered public contract, that the contractor annually submit information necessary to demonstrate its compliance with the specified requirements to the relevant public agency, and before it receives any final payment on a covered public contract, that it submit a final report that demonstrates its compliance with those requirements for the duration of the covered public contract to the relevant public agency. The bill would authorize a relevant public agency to withhold payments to the contractor of up to $10,000 for each missed report if a contractor fails to comply with the reporting requirements until the contractor takes steps to cure the defect, as specified. The bill would authorize a relevant public agency to permanently deduct $10,000 from the final payment, or the full payment, if the amount due is less than $10,000, if, after a specified time period, the contractor refuses to comply with the reporting requirements. The bill would authorize the Department of General Services to prescribe additional or alternative mechanisms for enforcing the reporting requirements described above for covered public contracts awarded pursuant to a master agreement or a master contact agreement. This bill would declare that the state has an interest in rolling out zero-emission transit vehicles as quickly and expeditiously as possible and would require, to protect that interest from interruption due to a labor dispute, a contractor or subcontractor to enter into a labor peace agreement with an organization representing its employees, as specified, if the organization requests a labor peace agreement. This bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2028. This bill would state that its provisions are severable.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 875, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5380.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11).
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From inactive file.
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
Re-referred to Coms. on L. & E. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Read third time and amended.
Assembly Rule 63 and 78 suspended.
Ordered to third reading.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Cervantes.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Chau.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26).
August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (July 5).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1327.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1200.) (May 20).
Set for hearing May 20.
May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 10.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2. Page 943.) (April 27).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Set for hearing April 27.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 574.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Set for hearing March 22.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and TRANS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB674 | HTML |
| 02/19/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/19/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/29/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/20/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/07/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/04/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/25/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/19/21- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 04/22/21- Senate Transportation | |
| 05/07/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 06/01/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/18/21- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 07/01/21- Assembly Transportation | |
| 08/16/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/05/22- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 08/09/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/31/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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