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Bill Contractors: civil penalties. Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors State License Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, willful or deliberate disregard by a licensed contractor of various state building, labor, and safety laws constitutes a cause for disciplinary action by the board. Existing law provides for related disciplinary proceedings and requires the board to promulgate regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under those disciplinary provisions, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes a civil penalty not less than $200 and not to exceed $15,000 for certain violations relating to unlicensed persons, as specified. Existing law authorizes a civil penalty not to exceed $8,000 or $30,000 for other violations of the Contractors State License Law, as provided. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 779 California SB 779 (20252026)
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California SB 779 (20252026) — Contractors: civil penalties.

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors State License Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, willful or deliberate disregard by a licensed contractor of various state building, labor, and safety laws constitutes a cause for disciplinary action by the board. Existing law provides for related disciplinary proceedings and requires the board to promulgate regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under those disciplinary provisions, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes a civil penalty not less than $200 and not to exceed $15,000 for certain violations relating to unlicensed persons, as specified. Existing law authorizes a civil penalty not to exceed $8,000 or $30,000 for other violations of the Contractors State License Law, as provided.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. SB779 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Unfinished Business SB779 Archuleta Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • SB 779 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Berman — 80–0 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Archuleta — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
  • 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2025-03-12 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
  • 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 22 in JUD. pending receipt.
  • 2025-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 680.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 837.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
  • 2025-05-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1471.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 July 16 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.
  • 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3079.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2876.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
  • 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 233, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52255f6b-3576-47ef-948d-de515ba24e48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).

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