Contractors: exemptions: muralists.

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ashby
Last action: 2025-10-13
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 758, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on the effective date of the bill.

Exempting Muralists from Contractor Licensing

This law exempts mural artists from needing a contractor's license when they create murals under an agreement with someone who can legally authorize the work.

What This Bill Does

Removes the requirement for muralists to have a contractor’s license when they work on murals under an agreement with a person who can legally authorize the work.
Defines a mural as artwork that is drawn, painted, applied, executed, restored, or conserved on walls, ceilings, or other permanent surfaces.

Who It Names or Affects

Artists who create murals
People and organizations that hire muralists

Terms To Know

Contractor's License: A permit needed to legally work as a contractor in California.
Muralist: An artist who creates murals, which are large paintings or designs on walls or other surfaces.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not apply to other types of artwork or construction work.
Only applies when the muralist works under an agreement with someone who can legally authorize the work.

Bill History

2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 758, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2905.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-21 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-20 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-06-24 California Legislative Information
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.
2025-06-12 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
2025-06-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1402.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-07 California Legislative Information
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.
2025-04-02 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-03-18 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 456, Ashby.
Contractors: exemptions: muralists.
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.

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