---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction contractors."
description: "Construction contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1538"
citation: "California AB 1538 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction contractors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f17a5cc2-92f5-46d4-86ab-abad46ce9668"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538"
source_hash: "ac107caaec5131ebff766dcde62c98eccd26d4e18ff8806315d4107b0cc35a8a"
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 1538 (20032004) — Construction 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=200320040AB1538&version=20030AB153899INT)
2. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538&version=20030AB153898AMD)
3. **06/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538&version=20030AB153897AMD)
4. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538&version=20030AB153896AMD)
5. **07/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538&version=20030AB153894CHP)
6. **AB1538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538)
7. **07/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538&version=20030AB153895ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1538 berg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1538 berg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1538 berg by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-07-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 2731.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 1662.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `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 62. Noes 14. Page 1619.) `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 13. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** 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`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `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/f17a5cc2-92f5-46d4-86ab-abad46ce9668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).