---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: filing complaints and disciplinary actions."
description: "Contractors: filing complaints and disciplinary actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 243"
citation: "California AB 243 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: filing complaints and disciplinary actions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakanishi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-01"
last_action: "2007-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7b46c3d-7c0a-42cb-bc40-366300124562"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB243"
source_hash: "42eba31bf69fa1f67a035bd1e1f3027ee5d86e985bda679af803a4e48bc5770c"
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 243 (20072008) — Contractors: filing complaints and disciplinary actions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB243&version=20070AB24399INT)
2. **07/17/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB243&version=20070AB24397CHP)
3. **AB243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB243)
4. **07/04/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB243&version=20070AB24398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 243 NAKANISHI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB243 Nakanishi By Denham — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakanishi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2007-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 820.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 1627.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-02** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 85, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7b46c3d-7c0a-42cb-bc40-366300124562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).