---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors."
description: "Contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 936"
citation: "California AB 936 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business and Professions"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d56da8-d09a-4af4-a7e6-bbba006ac511"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB936"
source_hash: "6938fd501358a2cea28b8c1794772655bc954c549816dc4dcb43216c37a4ce76"
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 936 (20072008) — Contractors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB936&version=20070AB93699INT)
2. **03/27/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB936&version=20070AB93698AMD)
3. **09/26/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB936&version=20070AB93696CHP)
4. **AB936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB936)
5. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB936&version=20070AB93697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 936 B.& P. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB936 Committee on B.& P. (Eng) By Margett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business and Professions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1535.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 2163.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 240, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57d56da8-d09a-4af4-a7e6-bbba006ac511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).