republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-433.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: fire protection systems: fire safety: State Fire Marshal."
description: "The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides that the installation of a fire protection system may be performed only by a contractor holding a fire protection contractor classification, or by an owner-builder of an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 433"
citation: "California AB 433 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: fire protection systems: fire safety: State Fire Marshal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed336ca-45c6-47d0-83e0-e7974437fc9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB433"
source_hash: "0af2b63307c416c1c4c3a2e6badf1624cbf4690d0771a0d9d044bad4d43fbe9c"
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 433 (20132014) — Contractors: fire protection systems: fire safety: State Fire Marshal.

The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides that the installation of a fire protection system may be performed only by a contractor holding a fire protection contractor classification, or by an owner-builder of an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB433&version=20130AB43399INT)
2. **06/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB433&version=20130AB43398AMD)
3. **08/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB433&version=20130AB43397AMD)
4. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB433&version=20130AB43395CHP)
5. **AB433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB433)
6. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB433&version=20130AB43396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB433 Gordon By Hueso — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- AB 433 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 433 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 876.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2106.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 10. Page 2918.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 377, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ed336ca-45c6-47d0-83e0-e7974437fc9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).