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CA SB 456

enacted

Contractors: exemptions: muralists.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 456 pass?

Yes. CA SB 456 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 758, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 456 about?

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. This bill would exempt from that law an artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or conserves a mural, as defined, pursuant to an agreement with a person who could legally authorize the work.

Who sponsors CA SB 456?

Ashby is the primary sponsor of CA SB 456, joined by 8 cosponsors.

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. This bill would exempt from that law an artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or conserves a mural, as defined, pursuant to an agreement with a person who could legally authorize the work.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 758, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ashbyauthor
  • Lairdcoauthor
  • Ahrenscoauthor
  • Bermancoauthor
  • Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Haneycoauthor
  • Jacksoncoauthor
  • McKinnorcoauthor
  • Pellerincoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 758, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-10

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-04

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2905.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  7. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 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

  9. 2025-07-08

    Coauthors revised.

  10. 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

  11. 2025-06-12

    Re-referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Com. on B. & P.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-06-03

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  14. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1402.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  15. 2025-04-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  16. 2025-04-21

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  17. 2025-04-09

    Set for hearing April 21.

  18. 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

  19. 2025-04-02

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

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  20. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing April 7.

  21. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  23. 2025-02-19

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

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 04/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-02Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • SB456Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-07 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Choi: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Strickland: other

  • 3rd Reading SB456 Ashby et al.

    2025-06-02 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • SB 456 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Jackson

    2025-09-04 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ahrens: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB456

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