republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law requires the board, with the approval of the director of the department, to appoint a registrar of contractors to be the executive officer and secretary of the board and to carry out all of the administrative duties, as specified. Existing law requires the board to receive and review complaints and consumer questions regarding solar energy systems companies and solar contractors and to receive complaints received from state agencies regarding those systems and contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 137"
citation: "California AB 137 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f1698ee-bfdc-4c1f-ada1-efaf1cea3d53"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB137"
source_hash: "0696b17a60b18b54ecd1805154680f89373b7bd524d3803a2b389f91cce2a9c4"
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 137 (20212022) — State government.

(1) Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law requires the board, with the approval of the director of the department, to appoint a registrar of contractors to be the executive officer and secretary of the board and to carry out all of the administrative duties, as specified. Existing law requires the board to receive and review complaints and consumer questions regarding solar energy systems companies and solar contractors and to receive complaints received from state agencies regarding those systems and contractors.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB137&version=20210AB13799INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB137&version=20210AB13798AMD)
3. **06/27/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB137&version=20210AB13797AMD)
4. **07/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB137&version=20210AB13795CHP)
5. **AB137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB137)
6. **07/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB137&version=20210AB13796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 137 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **61–13** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB137 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **16–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 137 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 480.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1627.)
- **2021-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1658.)
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (June 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-01** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1750.)
- **2021-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 1755.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-07-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 2192.)
- **2021-07-01** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 2192.)
- **2021-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 2197.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 77, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f1698ee-bfdc-4c1f-ada1-efaf1cea3d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).