By Grant Marcketta On September 22, 2024, Governor Newsom signed the Contractors State Licensing Board’s (CSLB) sunset bill, SB 1455 (Ashby) (Chapter 485, Statutes of 2024), which extends the Board’s sunset date to January 1, 2029. SB 1455 amends section Continue reading
By Grant Marcketta At its September 19, 2024, meeting, CSLB discussed the implementation of AB 2622 (Carillo) (Chapter 240, Statutes of 2024), which amended sections 7027.2 and 7048 of the Business and Professions Code to raise the threshold of the Continue reading
By Erol Kilic On December 21, 2023, CSLB published its Sunset Review Report in preparation for its Sunset Review Oversight hearing before the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee. The Board’s enabling Continue reading
By Lauren Holappa On July 1, 2022, SB 607 (Min) (Chapter 367, Statutes of 2021) took effect. The bill applies to the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including the Continue reading
By Lauren Holappa At its August 31, 2022, Quarterly Board Meeting, the California State License Board (CSLB) discussed how to address issues involving unlicensed contractors or the “underground economy.” According to CSLB, 18-20 percent of all consumer complaints received by Continue reading
By Thomas A.T. Ferrari At its January 26, 2022 meeting, the Contractors State License Board’s (CSLB) Legislative Committee, heard an update on SB 216 (Dodd), a Board-sponsored bill pertaining to workers’ compensation. Staff reported that the bill has become a Continue reading
By Thomas A. T. Ferrari AB 246 (Quirk), as introduced January 13, 2021, and revised April 8, 2021, repeals and adds section 7110 to the Business and Professions Code relating to contractors. This bill explicitly makes a licensed contractor’s unlawful Continue reading
By Sabrina Barr AB 569 (Grayson), as introduced on February 11, 2021, is a bill sponsored by the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) that would amend sections 7099.2 and 7099.9 of the Business and Professions Code relating to the Board’s Continue reading
By Sabrina Barr On January 1, 2021, AB 2113 (Low) (Chapter 186, Statutes of 2020) took effect. The bill adds section 135.4 to the Business and Professions Code to require any board within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including the Continue reading
By Sabrina Barr At the Contractors State License Board’s (CSLB) Legislative Committee meeting on November 4, 2020 (Agenda Item E), the Committee reviewed and discussed whether to accept Assemblymember Bill Quirk’s request that the Board sponsor his proposed legislation that Continue reading
