Legislative Tracker
Legislative Tracker
California Arts Advocates closely monitors arts and culture bills each year as they move their way through the Assembly and Senate. Here you can learn more about the bills we are following this year, as well as others from past years. We provide a brief synopsis and information about its potential impact. You can reach the full bill text by clicking through.
SB 456 - Contractors Exemptions: Muralists
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. 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. Image: “Fabric of Life” by Yanoe x Zoueh in San Juan Bautista, CA. Commissioned as part of Clean CA Program, 2023
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Learn more about the complete list of bills CA Arts Advocates is tracking.
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AB-5 and AB-2257
Learn more about AB-5 as well as AB-2257, a CA law signed by Governor Newsom on September 1, 2020 which includes additional exemptions and clarifications to AB-5 for arts sector and others.
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