---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: exclusions: owner-builders."
description: "Workers' compensation: exclusions: owner-builders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2649"
citation: "California AB 2649 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: exclusions: owner-builders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78bb8caf-ed1d-4c24-82d3-fe9befe8c9e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2649"
source_hash: "91132af17e35986cb8fbb83f334f76aaa94f5d1fbb0e0a9f05322cae76dbceb4"
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 2649 (20032004) — Workers' compensation: exclusions: owner-builders.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2649&version=20030AB264999INT)
2. **06/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2649&version=20030AB264997CHP)
3. **AB2649** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2649)
4. **06/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2649&version=20030AB264998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab2649 salinas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2649 salinas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-06-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4207.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5739.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/78bb8caf-ed1d-4c24-82d3-fe9befe8c9e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).