---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors."
description: "Contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 678"
citation: "California AB 678 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f6475e-ca57-40ff-863a-feac62aa7c47"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB678"
source_hash: "2c396d7e9802ace406c0a965a1af962e1fefa49ca35d44192ddae7a72a467f60"
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 678 (20012002) — Contractors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB678&version=20010AB67899INT)
2. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB678&version=20010AB67898AMD)
3. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB678&version=20010AB67897AMD)
4. **09/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB678&version=20010AB67895CHP)
5. **AB678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB678)
6. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB678&version=20010AB67896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 678 Papan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 678 Papan Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB678 Papan By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 226, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 10. Page 3065.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 2136.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 1595.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** 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/d8f6475e-ca57-40ff-863a-feac62aa7c47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).