republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-878.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: workers' compensation insurance."
description: "Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint a registrar of contractors and requires a workers' compensation insurer to report to the registrar specified information regarding a licensee's workers' compensation policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 878"
citation: "California AB 878 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: workers' compensation insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Berryhill"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4233a321-721d-45d4-9499-b4328b616373"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878"
source_hash: "99b155e65175dd500b1c36195bd94dc7f959dc53bf222921c3c5eaae63bd8176"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 878 (20112012) — Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.

Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint a registrar of contractors and requires a workers' compensation insurer to report to the registrar specified information regarding a licensee's workers' compensation policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878&version=20110AB87899INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878&version=20110AB87898AMD)
3. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878&version=20110AB87897AMD)
4. **06/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878&version=20110AB87896AMD)
5. **08/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878&version=20110AB87895AMD)
6. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878&version=20110AB87893CHP)
7. **AB878** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878)
8. **08/30/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB878&version=20110AB87894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 878 BERRYHILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #8 AB878 Bill Berryhill — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 878 BERRYHILL Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Berryhill — primary (person)
- Monning — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Measure version as amended on April 25 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1566.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2019.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2628.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4233a321-721d-45d4-9499-b4328b616373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).