---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: works of improvement."
description: "Contractors: works of improvement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1534"
citation: "California AB 1534 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: works of improvement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df8fecc8-dc9a-4933-95f0-ab74cc91b4ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534"
source_hash: "7b3285def995375c5fdd1d1fc6af54ffdad643a7c326610b85f31fa450900609"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1534 (20012002) — Contractors: works of improvement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534&version=20010AB153499INT)
2. **05/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534&version=20010AB153498AMD)
3. **07/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534&version=20010AB153497AMD)
4. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534&version=20010AB153496AMD)
5. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534&version=20010AB153494CHP)
6. **AB1534** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534)
7. **09/06/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1534&version=20010AB153495ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1534 Longville By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1534 Longville Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1534 Longville Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 823, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3491.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 2575.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-04** (Corrected August 31. )
- **2001-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1727.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df8fecc8-dc9a-4933-95f0-ab74cc91b4ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).