---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: home improvement salespersons."
description: "Contractors: home improvement salespersons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2544"
citation: "California AB 2544 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: home improvement salespersons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Campbell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57980f41-4e5f-4e08-8896-aa3a9c0c2ae9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2544"
source_hash: "7f341f20ade46d57342ea705b15cffb4bdf478ff0111256d3a4833bc962a26c8"
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 2544 (20012002) — Contractors: home improvement salespersons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2544&version=20010AB254499INT)
2. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2544&version=20010AB254498AMD)
3. **09/05/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2544&version=20010AB254496CHP)
4. **AB2544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2544)
5. **08/14/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2544&version=20010AB254497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2544 Campbell,B Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2544 Bill Campbel — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5445.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 30). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 6628.) `committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-3, passage`
- **2002-05-29** Not subject to Joint Rule 61 deadlines pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
- **2002-05-29** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5 on May 24. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2 and Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57980f41-4e5f-4e08-8896-aa3a9c0c2ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).