CaliforniaContractor licenses: outstanding liabilities assessed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
What it does
Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law requires the board to appoint a registrar of contractors, as specified, to serve as the executive officer and secretary of the board. Existing law permits the registrar to suspend or refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license for a failure to resolve all outstanding final liabilities, including taxes and any fees that may be assessed by, among others, the State Board of Equalization and the Franchise Tax Board.
More detail
Existing law exempts from that provision the outstanding final liabilities assessed by the State Board of Equalization of a licensee who has entered into an installment payment agreement with the State Board of Equalization, as provided.
Existing law, on July 1, 2017, transferred to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration various duties, powers, and responsibilities of the State Board of Equalization.
This bill would update the above-described outstanding liability enforcement provisions of the Contractors State License Law to include references to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, as specified. The bill would require the installment payment agreements with the State Board of Equalization or the department to be in writing.
The Contractors State License Law requires the application for a contractor's license to include an authorization by the applicant for the Franchise Tax Board to disclose the tax information that is required for the registrar to administer the outstanding liability enforcement provisions, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Franchise Tax Board to audit these authorizations.
This bill would revise the application requirements to include a similar tax information disclosure authorization for the department, as specified. The bill would also authorize the department to audit these authorizations.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Aug 17Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 111, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 17Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 11Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 6In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 1165 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Carrillo. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 6Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6080.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jul 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 22
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 16From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 18Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and REV. & TAX.Minor
- May 7In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4167.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 5Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 4From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4015.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 16Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 16Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.Major
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3840.) (April 13).Major
- Apr 13
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 13.
- Apr 8Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and REV. & TAX.Minor
- Apr 8Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 8Re-referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and B. P. & E.D.Minor
- Mar 23From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 19From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- Feb 18Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced