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Bill	Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.	Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint committees and make rules and regulations, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 291	California SB 291 (20252026)	bill	Contractors workers'compensationinsurance	enacted	Grayson	8	31	8	2025-02-06	2025-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/b08b5a28-5429-4612-9338-1d1dad828e16	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB291	6d89ac6d097f1f0c4e93bd89867fa9b14989505cbbed5b6d4fac060d3ff61eae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 291 (20252026) — Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint committees and make rules and regulations, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/07/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB291 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB291 Grayson Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 291 Grayson Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Grayson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
• 2025-02-19 Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2025-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-04-17 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-05-06 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1285.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and INS. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on INS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2990.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2740.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 455, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b08b5a28-5429-4612-9338-1d1dad828e16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).