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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contractors: home improvement salespersons."
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description: "Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors, including home improvement contractors, by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law also provides for the registration and regulation of home improvement salespersons by the board. Existing law requires the board to appoint a registrar of contractors who is the executive officer and secretary of the board and is responsible for carrying out specified administrative duties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 561"
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citation: "California SB 561 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Contractors: home improvement salespersons."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2015-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925ad9c6-05cf-4964-8e75-6561fe0201f7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561"
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source_hash: "fd0393ca2777c32d769c79924cce97d1136ee04ab62c609295c88f652c718821"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 561 (20152016) — Contractors: home improvement salespersons.
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Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors, including home improvement contractors, by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law also provides for the registration and regulation of home improvement salespersons by the board. Existing law requires the board to appoint a registrar of contractors who is the executive officer and secretary of the board and is responsible for carrying out specified administrative duties.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561&version=20150SB56199INT)
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2. **04/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561&version=20150SB56198AMD)
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3. **05/12/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561&version=20150SB56197AMD)
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4. **06/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561&version=20150SB56196AMD)
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5. **09/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561&version=20150SB56194CHP)
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6. **SB561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561)
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7. **08/24/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB561&version=20150SB56195ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 561 Monning Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #2 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent #6 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Monning — primary (person)
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- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
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- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-18** Set for hearing April 13.
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- **2015-04-13** April 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-04-14** Set for hearing April 27.
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- **2015-04-20** 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`
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- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 794.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
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- **2015-05-04** May 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2015-05-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1034.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1074.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2434.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-08-19** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2015-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2015-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 281, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/925ad9c6-05cf-4964-8e75-6561fe0201f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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