Amended IN Assembly April 23, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1341Introduced by Assembly Member HooverFebruary 21, 2025An act to amend Section 7110 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1341, as amended, Hoover. Contractors: discipline: unlicensed architecture, engineering, or land surveying. building law violations.Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board to license and regulate contractors. Existing law makes the willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state or of specified other provisions of law a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.This bill would specify that building laws of the state includes certain prohibitions on related to the practice and unlicensed practice of architecture, engineering, geology or geophysics, and land surveying, and, therefore, would also make a willful or deliberate disregard and violation of those specified prohibitions a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7110 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7110. (a) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references to or provisions of law, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee:(a)(1) Section 8550 or 8556.(b)(2) Sections 1689.5 to 1689.15, inclusive, of the Civil Code.(c)(3) The safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws or Unemployment Insurance Code of the state.(d)(4) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).(e)(5) Any provision of the Health and Safety Code or Water Code, relating to the digging, boring, or drilling of water wells.(f)(6) Any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(g)(7) Section 374.3 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar law or ordinance that is promulgated by a local government agency as defined in Section 82041 of the Government Code.(h)(8) Any state or local law relating to the issuance of building permits.(i)(b) As used in this section, building laws of the state includes, without limitation, all of the following:(1) Section 5536. 5536, subdivision (c) of Section 5536.1, and Section 5536.4.(2) Section 6730. 6787.(3) Sections 8725 and 8726. Section 7872.(4) Section 8792.
Amended IN Assembly April 23, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1341Introduced by Assembly Member HooverFebruary 21, 2025An act to amend Section 7110 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1341, as amended, Hoover. Contractors: discipline: unlicensed architecture, engineering, or land surveying. building law violations.Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board to license and regulate contractors. Existing law makes the willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state or of specified other provisions of law a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.This bill would specify that building laws of the state includes certain prohibitions on related to the practice and unlicensed practice of architecture, engineering, geology or geophysics, and land surveying, and, therefore, would also make a willful or deliberate disregard and violation of those specified prohibitions a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 23, 2025 Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025
Amended IN Assembly April 23, 2025
Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1341
Introduced by Assembly Member HooverFebruary 21, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Hoover
February 21, 2025
An act to amend Section 7110 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1341, as amended, Hoover. Contractors: discipline: unlicensed architecture, engineering, or land surveying. building law violations.
Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board to license and regulate contractors. Existing law makes the willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state or of specified other provisions of law a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.This bill would specify that building laws of the state includes certain prohibitions on related to the practice and unlicensed practice of architecture, engineering, geology or geophysics, and land surveying, and, therefore, would also make a willful or deliberate disregard and violation of those specified prohibitions a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.
Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board to license and regulate contractors. Existing law makes the willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state or of specified other provisions of law a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.
This bill would specify that building laws of the state includes certain prohibitions on related to the practice and unlicensed practice of architecture, engineering, geology or geophysics, and land surveying, and, therefore, would also make a willful or deliberate disregard and violation of those specified prohibitions a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7110 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7110. (a) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references to or provisions of law, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee:(a)(1) Section 8550 or 8556.(b)(2) Sections 1689.5 to 1689.15, inclusive, of the Civil Code.(c)(3) The safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws or Unemployment Insurance Code of the state.(d)(4) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).(e)(5) Any provision of the Health and Safety Code or Water Code, relating to the digging, boring, or drilling of water wells.(f)(6) Any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(g)(7) Section 374.3 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar law or ordinance that is promulgated by a local government agency as defined in Section 82041 of the Government Code.(h)(8) Any state or local law relating to the issuance of building permits.(i)(b) As used in this section, building laws of the state includes, without limitation, all of the following:(1) Section 5536. 5536, subdivision (c) of Section 5536.1, and Section 5536.4.(2) Section 6730. 6787.(3) Sections 8725 and 8726. Section 7872.(4) Section 8792.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 7110 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:7110. (a) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references to or provisions of law, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee:(a)(1) Section 8550 or 8556.(b)(2) Sections 1689.5 to 1689.15, inclusive, of the Civil Code.(c)(3) The safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws or Unemployment Insurance Code of the state.(d)(4) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).(e)(5) Any provision of the Health and Safety Code or Water Code, relating to the digging, boring, or drilling of water wells.(f)(6) Any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(g)(7) Section 374.3 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar law or ordinance that is promulgated by a local government agency as defined in Section 82041 of the Government Code.(h)(8) Any state or local law relating to the issuance of building permits.(i)(b) As used in this section, building laws of the state includes, without limitation, all of the following:(1) Section 5536. 5536, subdivision (c) of Section 5536.1, and Section 5536.4.(2) Section 6730. 6787.(3) Sections 8725 and 8726. Section 7872.(4) Section 8792.
SECTION 1. Section 7110 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
7110. (a) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references to or provisions of law, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee:(a)(1) Section 8550 or 8556.(b)(2) Sections 1689.5 to 1689.15, inclusive, of the Civil Code.(c)(3) The safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws or Unemployment Insurance Code of the state.(d)(4) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).(e)(5) Any provision of the Health and Safety Code or Water Code, relating to the digging, boring, or drilling of water wells.(f)(6) Any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(g)(7) Section 374.3 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar law or ordinance that is promulgated by a local government agency as defined in Section 82041 of the Government Code.(h)(8) Any state or local law relating to the issuance of building permits.(i)(b) As used in this section, building laws of the state includes, without limitation, all of the following:(1) Section 5536. 5536, subdivision (c) of Section 5536.1, and Section 5536.4.(2) Section 6730. 6787.(3) Sections 8725 and 8726. Section 7872.(4) Section 8792.
7110. (a) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references to or provisions of law, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee:(a)(1) Section 8550 or 8556.(b)(2) Sections 1689.5 to 1689.15, inclusive, of the Civil Code.(c)(3) The safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws or Unemployment Insurance Code of the state.(d)(4) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).(e)(5) Any provision of the Health and Safety Code or Water Code, relating to the digging, boring, or drilling of water wells.(f)(6) Any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(g)(7) Section 374.3 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar law or ordinance that is promulgated by a local government agency as defined in Section 82041 of the Government Code.(h)(8) Any state or local law relating to the issuance of building permits.(i)(b) As used in this section, building laws of the state includes, without limitation, all of the following:(1) Section 5536. 5536, subdivision (c) of Section 5536.1, and Section 5536.4.(2) Section 6730. 6787.(3) Sections 8725 and 8726. Section 7872.(4) Section 8792.
7110. (a) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references to or provisions of law, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee:(a)(1) Section 8550 or 8556.(b)(2) Sections 1689.5 to 1689.15, inclusive, of the Civil Code.(c)(3) The safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws or Unemployment Insurance Code of the state.(d)(4) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).(e)(5) Any provision of the Health and Safety Code or Water Code, relating to the digging, boring, or drilling of water wells.(f)(6) Any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(g)(7) Section 374.3 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar law or ordinance that is promulgated by a local government agency as defined in Section 82041 of the Government Code.(h)(8) Any state or local law relating to the issuance of building permits.(i)(b) As used in this section, building laws of the state includes, without limitation, all of the following:(1) Section 5536. 5536, subdivision (c) of Section 5536.1, and Section 5536.4.(2) Section 6730. 6787.(3) Sections 8725 and 8726. Section 7872.(4) Section 8792.
7110. (a) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any of the following references to or provisions of law, constitutes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee:
###### 7110.
(a)
(1) Section 8550 or 8556.
(b)
(2) Sections 1689.5 to 1689.15, inclusive, of the Civil Code.
(c)
(3) The safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws or Unemployment Insurance Code of the state.
(d)
(4) The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code).
(e)
(5) Any provision of the Health and Safety Code or Water Code, relating to the digging, boring, or drilling of water wells.
(f)
(6) Any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(g)
(7) Section 374.3 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar law or ordinance that is promulgated by a local government agency as defined in Section 82041 of the Government Code.
(h)
(8) Any state or local law relating to the issuance of building permits.
(i)
(b) As used in this section, building laws of the state includes, without limitation, all of the following:
(1) Section 5536. 5536, subdivision (c) of Section 5536.1, and Section 5536.4.
(2) Section 6730. 6787.
(3) Sections 8725 and 8726. Section 7872.
(4) Section 8792.