republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors."
description: "(1) The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act establishes an enforcement division within the board that is required to enforce prohibitions against all forms of unlicensed activity, as specified. The act authorizes persons employed as enforcement representatives in the division and designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs to issue written notices to appear in court, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "California SB 315 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2014-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/070f3cca-9f64-492e-a779-6057e8f4d428"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315"
source_hash: "21cc4dc8c210ce6d565dd72d5a45d311254f4dfb8a7d740397a4bfa63f72cd83"
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 SB 315 (20132014) — Contractors.

(1) The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act establishes an enforcement division within the board that is required to enforce prohibitions against all forms of unlicensed activity, as specified. The act authorizes persons employed as enforcement representatives in the division and designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs to issue written notices to appear in court, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315&version=20130SB31599INT)
2. **04/30/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315&version=20130SB31598AMD)
3. **05/29/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315&version=20130SB31597AMD)
4. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315&version=20130SB31596AMD)
5. **07/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315&version=20130SB31595AMD)
6. **09/17/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315&version=20130SB31593CHP)
7. **SB315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315)
8. **08/25/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB315&version=20130SB31594ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #5 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB315 Lieu Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 315 Lieu Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 852.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 973.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-13** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-05-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-17** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6046.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-18** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4543.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Set for hearing August 20.
- **2014-08-20** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 4670.) `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4756.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2014-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 392, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/070f3cca-9f64-492e-a779-6057e8f4d428`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).