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type: "Bill"
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title: "Housing omnibus."
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description: "(1) Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law imposes specified requirements on home improvement contracts and service and repair contracts. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor without a license and provides certain exemptions from that licensure requirement, including exemptions for owner-builders, as specified."
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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 944"
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citation: "California SB 944 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Housing omnibus."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation and Housing"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-02-03"
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last_action: "2016-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5224bd54-c57c-4f9e-a3f3-bb30f30030cd"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944"
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source_hash: "4e2fb13493ab92d0b6fbe20b6fe36eaaf94528199a4c6b468177342d33a18266"
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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 944 (20152016) — Housing omnibus.
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(1) Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law imposes specified requirements on home improvement contracts and service and repair contracts. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor without a license and provides certain exemptions from that licensure requirement, including exemptions for owner-builders, as specified.
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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. **02/03/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944&version=20150SB94499INT)
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2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944&version=20150SB94498AMD)
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3. **05/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944&version=20150SB94497AMD)
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4. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944&version=20150SB94496AMD)
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5. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944&version=20150SB94495AMD)
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6. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944&version=20150SB94493CHP)
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7. **SB944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944)
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8. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB944&version=20150SB94494ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB944 Committee On T.&H. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 944 T. & H. Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent SB944 Committee On T.&H. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Transportation and Housing — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-16** Set for hearing April 5.
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- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3396.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-06** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-13** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2016-04-25** April 25 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-04-26** Set for hearing May 2.
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- **2016-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3741.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3842.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-01** 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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- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
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- **2016-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6022.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2016-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5496.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 714, Statutes of 2016.
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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/5224bd54-c57c-4f9e-a3f3-bb30f30030cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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