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Professions and vocations: contractors: home improvement contracts: prohibited business practices.

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

CA AB 559 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

Stage
Passed first chamber
Started in
Assembly
Sponsors
2
Latest action
Sep 3, 2025

What it does

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…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Sep 3, 2025

  4. Law (Not started)

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Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.

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