republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1538.md

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Bill	Construction contractors.	Construction contractors.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1538	California AB 1538 (20032004)	bill	Construction contractors.	enacted	Berg	7	19	5	2003-02-21	2003-07-24	openstates	ocd-bill/f17a5cc2-92f5-46d4-86ab-abad46ce9668	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1538	ac107caaec5131ebff766dcde62c98eccd26d4e18ff8806315d4107b0cc35a8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 04/28/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/18/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/24/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1538 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/10/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/f17a5cc2-92f5-46d4-86ab-abad46ce9668. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).