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Bill	Home improvement contract requirements: subcontractors.	Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, defines and regulates the activities of contractors and provides for their licensure, regulation, and discipline by the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires specific provisions and requirements for home improvement contracts, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 517	California SB 517 (20252026)	bill	Homeimprovementcontractrequirements subcontractors	enacted	Niello	6	28	8	2025-02-19	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/81b7aa08-ab14-437a-828e-1ce832a74bc4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB517	4d39d12900fe882fc8f37791913d1926629b10324ca19882cfb6573bfa40e920	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 517 (20252026) — Home improvement contract requirements: subcontractors.

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, defines and regulates the activities of contractors and provides for their licensure, regulation, and discipline by the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires specific provisions and requirements for home improvement contracts, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB517 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB517 Niello Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 517 Niello Senate Third Reading By Hoover — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Niello — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
• 2025-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 941.) (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 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-05-29 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-18 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
• 2025-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2981.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2871.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 585, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81b7aa08-ab14-437a-828e-1ce832a74bc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).