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Assembly advances SB 456 to exempt commissioned murals from contractor licensing requirement
Summary
SB 456 (Ashby) would add a muralist exception to the Business and Professions Code so commissioned fine‑art murals would not require a contractor's license; proponents said a prior reinterpretation of contractor law chilled public mural programs and the bill passed the committee and moved to Appropriations.
The committee advanced SB 456 (Ashby), a bill that would add an explicit exception for muralists to the contractor licensing requirements in the Business and Professions Code. Proponents said a recent reinterpretation of the contractor definition had halted mural commissions and festivals in multiple California cities and that the bill would restore longstanding practice by clarifying that commissioned…
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