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type: "Bill"
title: "Contractors: exemptions: muralists."
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 makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business, or act in the capacity, of a contractor without a license, unless exempted. Existing law exempts from the Contractors State License Law, among other things, a nonprofit corporation providing assistance to an owner, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 456"
citation: "California SB 456 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors", "exemptions", "muralists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1882c48-43c6-4114-a623-b94f2441baae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB456"
source_hash: "425f5237d945ef566c16a975d5e8f89fd4103464a1c64c554e55614dd50e9c11"
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 SB 456 (20252026) — Contractors: exemptions: muralists.
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 makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage in the business, or act in the capacity, of a contractor without a license, unless exempted. Existing law exempts from the Contractors State License Law, among other things, a nonprofit corporation providing assistance to an owner, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB456&version=20250SB45699INT)
2. **04/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB456&version=20250SB45698AMD)
3. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB456&version=20250SB45696CHP)
4. **SB456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB456)
5. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB456&version=20250SB45697ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · upper
- SB 456 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Jackson — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB456 Ashby et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2025-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 680.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1402.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** Re-referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-08** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2905.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 758, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1882c48-43c6-4114-a623-b94f2441baae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).