republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1204.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: contracts: restrictions."
description: "Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, defines and regulates the activities of contractors and provides for their licensure, regulation, and discipline by the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law classifies the contracting business to include general engineering contracting, general building contracting, residential remodeling contracting, and specialty contracting. Existing law authorizes the issuance of contractors' licenses to individual owners, partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies, and authorizes those persons and entities to qualify for a license by the appearance of specified individuals. Existing law prohibits contractors from performing specified acts and provides that a violation of those acts may constitute a cause for disciplinary action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1204"
citation: "California AB 1204 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors", "contracts", "restrictions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9bc2bdb-fb79-4905-bf36-b8582f179d1f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1204"
source_hash: "c9736bb4c86c8e3427d0c8beabab5958b2a3e060e10ef44d9f72592bd0f524d6"
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 1204 (20232024) — Contractors: contracts: restrictions.

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, defines and regulates the activities of contractors and provides for their licensure, regulation, and discipline by the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law classifies the contracting business to include general engineering contracting, general building contracting, residential remodeling contracting, and specialty contracting. Existing law authorizes the issuance of contractors' licenses to individual owners, partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies, and authorizes those persons and entities to qualify for a license by the appearance of specified individuals. Existing law prohibits contractors from performing specified acts and provides that a violation of those acts may constitute a cause for disciplinary action.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1204&version=20230AB120499INT)
2. **04/27/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1204&version=20230AB120498AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1204&version=20230AB120496CHP)
4. **AB1204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1204)
5. **09/07/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1204&version=20230AB120497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1204 Holden By Cortese — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1204 Holden Assembly Third Reading — **71–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-04-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 1696.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 2369.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 568, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9bc2bdb-fb79-4905-bf36-b8582f179d1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).