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Bill	Solar energy systems: contracts: disclosures.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law requires licensed contractors to be classified and authorizes them to be classified as, among other things, a solar contractor. Under existing law, a solar contractor installs, modifies, maintains, and repairs thermal and photovoltaic solar energy systems. Existing law prohibits a solar contractor from performing building or construction trades, crafts, or skills, except when required to install a thermal or photovoltaic solar energy system.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1070	California AB 1070 (20172018)	bill	Solar energy systems: contracts: disclosures.	enacted	Gonzalez Fletcher	9	33	10	2017-02-16	2017-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/44b9da6c-7d12-463b-b43a-8863fa8f956b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1070	8a94b3eb92aa8530f0eb550927aadd89834b88e6e67cdb0bb2e2e9cc616285e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1070 (20172018) — Solar energy systems: contracts: disclosures.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Existing law requires licensed contractors to be classified and authorizes them to be classified as, among other things, a solar contractor. Under existing law, a solar contractor installs, modifies, maintains, and repairs thermal and photovoltaic solar energy systems. Existing law prohibits a solar contractor from performing building or construction trades, crafts, or skills, except when required to install a thermal or photovoltaic solar energy system.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/18/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1070 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1070 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1070 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1070 Gonzalez Fletcher By Hueso — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and U. & E. referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 970.)
• 2017-04-06 (pending re-refer to Com. on U. & E.)
• 2017-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-02 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1834.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-07-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2575.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3140.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44b9da6c-7d12-463b-b43a-8863fa8f956b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).