---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: arbitration, civil penalties, and licensing."
description: "Contractors: arbitration, civil penalties, and licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1382"
citation: "California AB 1382 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: arbitration", "civil penalties", "and licensing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d128be90-a0ee-46ea-8e6d-305e92ccb9d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382"
source_hash: "1811d89718b41ff139f860fabfb80ed836b7cdf6d92c0a4f9ca7b023cf05e124"
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 1382 (20032004) — Contractors: arbitration, civil penalties, and licensing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138299INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138298AMD)
3. **05/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138297AMD)
4. **06/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138296AMD)
5. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138295AMD)
6. **07/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138294AMD)
7. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138292CHP)
8. **AB1382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382)
9. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1382&version=20030AB138293ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1382 correa consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #24 ab1382 correa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1382 correa special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3236.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2119.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-16** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1708.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26. Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-21** 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/d128be90-a0ee-46ea-8e6d-305e92ccb9d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).