---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors."
description: "Contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1386"
citation: "California AB 1386 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shirley Horton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/359ce3ad-7787-40c6-aa76-c8f06c149f69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386"
source_hash: "79b5280d0473da00bc185711984bf45c5eaafeb710c21c377a20d3bd08f06b21"
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 1386 (20032004) — Contractors.

## 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=200320040AB1386&version=20030AB138699INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386&version=20030AB138698AMD)
3. **05/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386&version=20030AB138697AMD)
4. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386&version=20030AB138696AMD)
5. **07/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386&version=20030AB138695AMD)
6. **09/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386&version=20030AB138693CHP)
7. **AB1386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386)
8. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1386&version=20030AB138694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1386 horton,s concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1386 horton,s assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- consent calendar 2nd ab1386 shirley hort — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shirley Horton — primary (person)
- Correa — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 289, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3092.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2046.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-23** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-06-23** 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`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-28** 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`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1621.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** 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`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/359ce3ad-7787-40c6-aa76-c8f06c149f69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).