Home improvement and home solicitation: right to cancel contracts: notice.

The contract requirement for a telephone number was changed from 'a support line to aid in completing' the notice of cancellation to 'the telephone number of the contractor, or the contractor's representative, to assist the buyer with locating and filling out' the notice. This makes the requirement more specific by tying the number directly to the contractor rather than allowing any generic support line.

A new provision was added stating that the bill incorporates additional changes to Section 7159 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 517, operative only if both bills are enacted and AB 1327 is enacted last. This is a legislative coordination mechanism to avoid conflicts between the two bills.

The 'MECHANICS LIEN WARNING' heading was moved inside the quoted notice text so it appears as the first line within the quotation marks, rather than as a separate unquoted heading preceding the body of the warning.

Header changed from amendment history (listing Senate and Assembly amendment dates) to enrolled bill format showing passage dates (Assembly September 12, 2025; Senate September 11, 2025) and signature lines for the Chief Clerk, Secretary of the Senate, and Private Secretary of the Governor.

Line-number annotations (e.g., 'line 1', 'line 2') present in the amended version were removed in the enrolled version, which is standard formatting for final enrolled bills.

The digest reference changed from 'AB 1327, as amended, Aguiar-Curry' to 'AB 1327, Aguiar-Curry', removing 'as amended' since the enrolled version is the final enacted text.

Header changed from enrolled bill format (Assembly/Senate passage dates, clerk signatures) to chaptered law format (STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL, CHAPTER 348, Governor approval date of October 6, 2025).

Line wrapping and page numbering adjusted throughout the statutory text to fit the wider column layout used in chaptered law publications. No changes to the actual legal language or requirements.

The provision authorizing buyers to convey a notice of cancellation orally by telephone (in lieu of written notice) was removed entirely. Buyers can no longer cancel by phone call alone under this bill.

The contractor's email address on the first page of the contract changed from optional ('name and address or name, address, and email address') to mandatory ('name, address, and email address').

The description of the required support line telephone number was expanded. It now must aid 'the contractor, or the contractor's representative, to assist the buyer with locating and filling out' the Notice of Cancellation, rather than simply aiding in completing it.

A new paragraph (a)(6) in Section 7159 allows a buyer to file a complaint with the Contractors State License Board if the required Notice of Cancellation is not included in or attached to the home improvement contract.

Section 7159.3, which was added to the Business and Professions Code in the Assembly version, was removed in the Senate amendment. The bill's short title no longer references adding this section.

Contracts must now include a telephone number of a support line to aid buyers in completing the Notice of Cancellation form (new subparagraph (iii) in Section 7159.3(c)(3)(B)).

The contractor contact information requirement was changed from 'address or email address' to 'name, address, and email address,' making both a physical address and an email address mandatory rather than one or the other.

The cancellation form instruction line was revised from 'mail email, mail, or deliver' to 'email, mail, or deliver,' removing redundancy and listing email first as the primary delivery method.