republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1236.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: limited liability companies."
description: "The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law authorizes the Contractors' State License Board to issue a contractor's license to a limited liability company, but requires, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reissuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued valid use of a limited liability company contractor's license, that the applicant or licensee file or have on file a surety bond for damages arising out of specified claims of employees. Existing law also requires the limited liability company to maintain a policy or policies of insurance against liability imposed on or against it for damages arising out of claims, as specified, as a condition of licensure. Under existing law, the policy or policies of insurance secured to satisfy these provisions are required to be written by an insurer or insurers duly licensed by this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1236"
citation: "California AB 1236 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: limited liability companies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6050f0ac-168e-47c6-a522-1e0e8f104e5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1236"
source_hash: "e6d29ae1a25b8de223dbb341df35dfabe35da50a74e6e1b9ae3e9b4805cde1dd"
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 1236 (20132014) — Contractors: limited liability companies.

The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law authorizes the Contractors' State License Board to issue a contractor's license to a limited liability company, but requires, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reissuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued valid use of a limited liability company contractor's license, that the applicant or licensee file or have on file a surety bond for damages arising out of specified claims of employees. Existing law also requires the limited liability company to maintain a policy or policies of insurance against liability imposed on or against it for damages arising out of claims, as specified, as a condition of licensure. Under existing law, the policy or policies of insurance secured to satisfy these provisions are required to be written by an insurer or insurers duly licensed by this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1236&version=20130AB123699INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1236&version=20130AB123698AMD)
3. **08/16/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1236&version=20130AB123696CHP)
4. **AB1236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1236)
5. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1236&version=20130AB123697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1236 HAGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Insurance. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Insurance. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hagman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1223.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1700.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
- **2013-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 114, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6050f0ac-168e-47c6-a522-1e0e8f104e5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).