republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-244.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: home improvement contracts: service and repair contracts."
description: "Contractors: home improvement contracts: service and repair contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 244"
citation: "California AB 244 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: home improvement contracts: service and repair contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakanishi"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-01"
last_action: "2007-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e583375-7ef6-4056-b10c-91a12ee1823a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB244"
source_hash: "5c53fc98d213c74358c79ea58d482932d18899941d54e2b06d7ee6c971fb52dc"
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 244 (20072008) — Contractors: home improvement contracts: service and repair contracts.

## 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=200720080AB244&version=20070AB24499INT)
2. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB244&version=20070AB24498AMD)
3. **06/13/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB244&version=20070AB24497AMD)
4. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB244&version=20070AB24496AMD)
5. **09/26/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB244&version=20070AB24494CHP)
6. **AB244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB244)
7. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB244&version=20070AB24495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 244 NAKANISHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 244 NAKANISHI Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB244 Nakanishi — **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 and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1186.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-13** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2121.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2755.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 230, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e583375-7ef6-4056-b10c-91a12ee1823a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).