---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: arbitration of disputes."
description: "Contractors: arbitration of disputes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 728"
citation: "California AB 728 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: arbitration of disputes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b30d3b8-9410-4636-8290-6bda8d3bbf9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB728"
source_hash: "cb5ce955b4e79bee16f2d7797e997d761e47bc40122e2d3794c4fc7c99855254"
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 728 (20012002) — Contractors: arbitration of disputes.

## 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=200120020AB728&version=20010AB72899INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB728&version=20010AB72898AMD)
3. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB728&version=20010AB72897AMD)
4. **09/03/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB728&version=20010AB72895CHP)
5. **AB728** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB728)
6. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB728&version=20010AB72896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB728 Correa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 728 Correa Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 728 Correa Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7668.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5314.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4631.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-01-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **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/4b30d3b8-9410-4636-8290-6bda8d3bbf9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).