republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: violations: disciplinary actions."
description: "Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law creates the Contractors' State License Board, within the Department of Consumer Affairs and authorizes the board to impose discipline on contractors for violations of laws and to impose, among other penalties, civil penalties. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint a registrar as the executive officer and secretary to carry out all of the administrative duties of the board. Existing law provides that a cause for disciplinary action against a contractor arises for violations of specified safety provisions that result in death or serious injury to a person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2210"
citation: "California AB 2210 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: violations: disciplinary actions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-12"
last_action: "2020-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b8c3850-ecda-446f-9c7a-2e6aecf4b303"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2210"
source_hash: "c9015125dbd9fc3e7183845f89eb3810a518062436f30ed334a25a779b5e5109"
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 2210 (20192020) — Contractors: violations: disciplinary actions.

Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law creates the Contractors' State License Board, within the Department of Consumer Affairs and authorizes the board to impose discipline on contractors for violations of laws and to impose, among other penalties, civil penalties. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint a registrar as the executive officer and secretary to carry out all of the administrative duties of the board. Existing law provides that a cause for disciplinary action against a contractor arises for violations of specified safety provisions that result in death or serious injury to a person.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2210&version=20190AB221099INT)
2. **03/16/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2210&version=20190AB221098AMD)
3. **09/24/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2210&version=20190AB221096CHP)
4. **AB2210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2210)
5. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2210&version=20190AB221097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB2210 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2210 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4726.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4378.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b8c3850-ecda-446f-9c7a-2e6aecf4b303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).