---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indemnification: construction contracts."
description: "Indemnification: construction contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2738"
citation: "California AB 2738 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indemnification: construction contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d74dd5f6-4ce6-4bc6-9f54-eae5ff2858cb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738"
source_hash: "0d48fcebd77a2200f7d29c2e4729e1114217ce8b38008682b8174f7a6a291abe"
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 2738 (20072008) — Indemnification: construction contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738&version=20070AB273899INT)
2. **05/19/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738&version=20070AB273898AMD)
3. **06/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738&version=20070AB273897AMD)
4. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738&version=20070AB273896AMD)
5. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738&version=20070AB273895AMD)
6. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738&version=20070AB273893CHP)
7. **AB2738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738)
8. **09/09/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738&version=20070AB273894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2738 Jones Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2738 Jones By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2738 JONES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Feuer — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Keene — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-19** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5189.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5243.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 5196.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7070.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 467, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d74dd5f6-4ce6-4bc6-9f54-eae5ff2858cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).