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• Introduced by Sen. Nancy Cassis (R) on June 22, 2005, to increase from $40 to $60 per year the license fee for a residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration contractor, salesperson, or branch office (under current law the license fee drops to $30 after Sept. 30, 2007); impose a new $50 code book fee payable every three years; and use part of the increased revenue to enforce regulations on contractors, and part of it to provide training for contractors on state regulations required for licensure. See Senate Bill 632.
  • Referred to the Senate Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform Committee on June 22, 2005.
    • Reported in the Senate on May 23, 2006, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on June 7, 2006, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that increased the proposed price of the building code book, and revises other details but does otherwise not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 7, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (36 to 0) on June 8, 2006, to increase from $40 to $60 per year the license fee for a residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration contractor, salesperson, or branch office (under current law the license fee drops to $30 after Sept. 30, 2007); impose a new $65 code book fee payable every three years; and use part of the increased revenue to enforce regulations on contractors, and part of it to provide training for contractors on state regulations required for licensure. See Senate Bill 632. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on June 8, 2006.
  • Referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee on June 8, 2006.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. John Pastor (R) on December 14, 2006, to clarify a reference in the bill to other sections of statute. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on December 14, 2006.
• Passed in the House (86 to 17) on December 14, 2006, to increase from $40 to $60 per year the license fee for a residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration contractor, salesperson, or branch office (under current law the license fee drops to $30 after Sept. 30, 2007); impose a new $65 code book fee payable every three years; and use part of the increased revenue to enforce regulations on contractors, and part of it to provide training for contractors on state regulations required for licensure. See Senate Bill 632. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on December 15, 2006, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. Passed in the Senate (34 to 0) on December 15, 2006. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Vetoed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on January 5, 2007.