republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1209.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: discipline."
description: "Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law requires the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to appoint a registrar of contractors to serve as the executive officer and secretary of the board. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure to qualify in regard to his or her experience depending on whether the applicant is an individual or a business entity. For purposes of the law, existing law defines \"members of the personnel of record\" as every person listed in the records of the registrar as then associated with a licensee. Existing law requires the registrar, among other things, to make available to the public the date, nature, and disposition of all legal actions against a licensee, except as specified. Existing law limits the disclosure of citations to a specified time period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1209"
citation: "California SB 1209 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: discipline."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eba422f7-23ca-416e-bad4-4e0a58b842ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1209"
source_hash: "10b4cb26c12d3194b67adfb904cfa895e6902d0737d8531c668f167fa565a4f0"
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 SB 1209 (20152016) — Contractors: discipline.

Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law requires the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to appoint a registrar of contractors to serve as the executive officer and secretary of the board. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure to qualify in regard to his or her experience depending on whether the applicant is an individual or a business entity. For purposes of the law, existing law defines "members of the personnel of record" as every person listed in the records of the registrar as then associated with a licensee. Existing law requires the registrar, among other things, to make available to the public the date, nature, and disposition of all legal actions against a licensee, except as specified. Existing law limits the disclosure of citations to a specified time period.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1209&version=20150SB120999INT)
2. **04/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1209&version=20150SB120998AMD)
3. **08/19/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1209&version=20150SB120996CHP)
4. **SB1209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1209)
5. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1209&version=20150SB120997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1209 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2016-04-04** April 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2016-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3492.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3710.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5720.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 152, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eba422f7-23ca-416e-bad4-4e0a58b842ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).