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Authors Carrillo  
Subject Contractors State License Board: bond deposits: liability for legal fees and costs.
Relating To relating to professions and vocations.
Title An act to amend Section 7071.4 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-03
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-03     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-03     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-02     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-08-26     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-08-25     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2250.).
2025-08-20     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-08-19     From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-09     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-25     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-09     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-05-14     Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD.
2025-05-01     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1386.)
2025-05-01     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-24     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-04-23     From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).
2025-04-08     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-01     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-02-24     Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD.
2025-02-11     From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2025-02-10     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-03
Enrolled     2025-08-27
Introduced     2025-02-10
Analyses TBD
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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 a licensee who is subject to a bonding provision under the law to maintain a bond as executed by an admitted surety insurer or as deposited with the registrar, as specified. Prior existing law authorized certain deposits to be given instead of the bond, as specified. Existing law requires all alternatives in lieu of a bond that had been filed with the registrar to be replaced for a surety bond or the deposit of lawful money or a cashier’s check, as specified, by January 1, 2020. Existing law prohibits the board from charging legal fees against those deposits, as specified.

This bill would exempt the board from liability for legal fees or costs in an action against any deposit described above, regardless of when it was filed with the registrar.