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California 20252026

SB 342

Contractors: unlicensed work.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Contractors, unlicensedwork
Introduced / first action
2025-02-12 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Secondary education.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate contractors. Existing law prohibits a person engaging in the business or acting in the capacity of a contractor from recovering compensation for work performed that requires a contractor's license unless the person was a duly licensed contractor at all times during the performance of the act or contract, except as specified. This bill would further exempt from that prohibition an action for compensation arising from a contract for specified projects, including for a public work of improvement or a commercial or institutional construction project, and would, instead, authorize a person to maintain an action for compensation under one of those contracts if the person was a duly licensed contractor at the time the contract was executed and during the portion of the performance of the contract for which compensation is sought. Existing law authorizes a person who uses the services of an unlicensed contractor to bring an action to recover all compensation paid to the unlicensed contractor for performance of any act or contract, except as provided. This bill would additionally exempt from that authorization an action for compensation arising from a contract for specified projects, including for a public work of improvement or a commercial or institutional construction project, and would, instead, authorize a person to bring an action under one of those contracts to recover the portion of compensation paid to the unlicensed contractor for work performed during the time in which the contractor was unlicensed.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 25).

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  8. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

  9. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

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  10. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. Read third time and amended.

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  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  14. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  15. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  16. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  17. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 30).

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  19. Pursuant to Assembly Rule 51.

  20. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

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  21. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  22. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3283.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  23. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3268.) (January 22).

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  25. Set for hearing January 22.

  26. January 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  27. Set for hearing January 20.

  28. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3214.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  29. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3203.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  30. Set for hearing January 13 in JUD. pending receipt.

  31. Set for hearing January 12.

  32. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  33. Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD.

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  34. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  35. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  36. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.

  37. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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