California Senate Bill 601
Session 20232024
Professions and vocations: contractors: home improvement contracts: prohibited business practices: limitation of actions.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 7, 2023
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
601
State
California
Session
20232024
Mike McGuire
grade
Author
Motion Text
Unfinished Business SB601 McGuire Concurrence
Senate Roll Call Votes
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Yes
Dahle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nguyen
Yes
Niello
Yes
Rubio
Yes
Yes
Summary
(1) 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 (department) . That law requires a home improvement contract, as defined, to be in writing and include the contract amount, as specified, and prohibits any downpayment for that contract from exceeding the lesser of $1,000 or 10% of the contract amount. Except for a downpayment, existing law prohibits the contractor from requesting or accepting payment that exceeds the value of the work performed or material delivered. Existing law makes the violation of these provisions a misdemeanor and sets the penalty as a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
This bill would, for violations that take place in a location damaged by natural disaster, as specified, require the court to impose the maximum fine for the above-described crimes.
(2) Existing law makes any person who commits specified acts involving a license, certificate, permit, or registration issued by the department guilty of a misdemeanor. Those acts include lending the person's license to any other person or knowingly permitting the use thereof by another, and knowingly permitting any unlawful use of a license issued to the person. Existing law, except as provided, limits the time for beginning prosecution for commission of specified offenses to one year after commission of the offense.
With regard to individuals licensed pursuant to the Contractors State License Law who commit the above-described acts, this bill would instead authorize prosecution for a misdemeanor violation of the provisions described above involving use of a license issued by the board to begin within 3 years after discovery of the commission of the offense, or within 3 years after completion of the offense, whichever is later. By extending the statute of limitations for a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
02/15/23 - Introduced
February 15, 2023
03/22/23 - Amended Senate
March 22, 2023
05/18/23 - Amended Senate
May 18, 2023
07/13/23 - Amended Assembly
July 13, 2023
09/19/23 - Enrolled
September 19, 2023
10/07/23 - Chaptered
October 7, 2023
04/14/23- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development
April 14, 2023
04/22/23- Senate Public Safety
April 22, 2023
05/05/23- Senate Appropriations
May 5, 2023
05/18/23- Senate Appropriations
May 18, 2023
05/23/23- Sen. Floor Analyses
May 23, 2023
06/16/23- Assembly Business and Professions
June 16, 2023
07/10/23- Assembly Public Safety
July 10, 2023
08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations
August 14, 2023
09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 5, 2023
09/12/23- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 12, 2023
10/07/2023
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 403, Statutes of 2023.
10/07/2023
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/21/2023
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
09/14/2023
Senate
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2818.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
09/12/2023
Senate
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
09/12/2023
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3264.) Ordered to the Senate.
09/05/2023
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
09/01/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1).
08/16/2023
Assembly
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
07/13/2023
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
07/12/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11).
06/20/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
06/01/2023
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and PUB. S.
05/25/2023
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
05/24/2023
Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1279.) Ordered to the Assembly.
05/22/2023
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/18/2023
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
05/18/2023
Senate
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1176.) (May 18).
05/12/2023
Senate
Set for hearing May 18.
05/08/2023
Senate
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
05/01/2023
Senate
Set for hearing May 8.
04/26/2023
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 901.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/17/2023
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 747.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on PUB S.
04/11/2023
Senate
Set for hearing April 25 in PUB S. pending receipt.
04/03/2023
Senate
Set for hearing April 17.
03/29/2023
Senate
Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and PUB S.
03/22/2023
Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
02/22/2023
Senate
Referred to Com. on RLS.
02/16/2023
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
02/15/2023
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 16, 2023 7:04:09 AM
Record Updated
Nov 28, 2023 12:15:49 PM