republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2916.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: disclosure of letters of admonishment."
description: "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 Consumer Affairs, to appoint a registrar of contractors to serve as the executive officer and secretary of the board. Existing law requires the registrar to disclose complaints against a licensee, except those complaints resolved in favor of the licensee. Existing law requires complaints resolved by a letter of admonishment to be disclosed for a period of one year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2916"
citation: "California AB 2916 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors: disclosure of letters of admonishment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6092afde-1073-4821-989b-b56a6fccaa4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2916"
source_hash: "bf04ee4cd3972a3fc1965fc1aa42eaba3da225b82ece4e9bcc4e2ea00d2da461"
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 2916 (20212022) — Contractors: disclosure of letters of admonishment.

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 Consumer Affairs, to appoint a registrar of contractors to serve as the executive officer and secretary of the board. Existing law requires the registrar to disclose complaints against a licensee, except those complaints resolved in favor of the licensee. Existing law requires complaints resolved by a letter of admonishment to be disclosed for a period of one year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2916&version=20210AB291699INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2916&version=20210AB291698AMD)
3. **04/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2916&version=20210AB291697AMD)
4. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2916&version=20210AB291695CHP)
5. **AB2916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2916)
6. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2916&version=20210AB291696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2916 McCarty By Roth — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2916 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4655.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5099.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6092afde-1073-4821-989b-b56a6fccaa4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).