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type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: workers' compensation insurance."
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 generally requires, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, an applicant for a contractor's license or a licensee to have on file at all times a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance, except as specified. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 336"
citation: "California AB 336 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors", "workers' compensation insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c6339ed-73ea-4b28-9c48-876ec01cd74e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336"
source_hash: "9148a5d03ee2cb959ade5afaaaa588572c67a9a1706f531333f6b091d334c963"
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 336 (20232024) — Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.
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 generally requires, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, an applicant for a contractor's license or a licensee to have on file at all times a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance, except as specified. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/30/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336&version=20230AB33699INT)
2. **03/02/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336&version=20230AB33698AMD)
3. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336&version=20230AB33697AMD)
4. **04/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336&version=20230AB33696AMD)
5. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336&version=20230AB33694CHP)
6. **AB336** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336)
7. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB336&version=20230AB33695ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **120** (pass) · upper
- AB 336 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — **780** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **61** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB336 Cervantes et al. — **381** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cervantes — primary (person)
- Megan Dahle — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1751.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2432.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, 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/4c6339ed-73ea-4b28-9c48-876ec01cd74e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).