Introduced
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To authorize criminal penalties of a minimum of 93 days in jail, plus both criminal and civil fines of $5,000 to $25,000, for residential building, maintenance or alteration contractors who are unlicensed; impose a 60 hour pre-licensure class on new contractors; raise contractor license fees; impose continuing education requirements; and more. Also, to require the state to keep more detailed records of complaints against contractors and their disposition, and to post certain complaint dispositions on the internet.
Referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Regulatory Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not include the mandatory 93 day jail term for unlicensed contractors, and revises various details but does not otherwise change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
To authorize criminal penalties of up to one year in jail, plus both criminal and civil fines of $5,000 to $25,000, for residential building, maintenance or alteration contractors who are unlicensed; impose a 60 hour pre-licensure class on new contractors; raise contractor license fees; impose continuing education requirements; and more. Also, to require the state to keep more detailed records of complaints against contractors and their disposition, and to post certain complaint dispositions on the internet.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Amendment offered
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To establish procedures for a licensed contractor making his or her license "inactive." Upon reactivating the license, the person would have to take one hour of continuing education classes.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 84 to 19 (details)
To authorize criminal penalties of up to one year in jail, plus both criminal and civil fines of $5,000 to $25,000, for residential building, maintenance or alteration contractors who are unlicensed; impose a 60 hour pre-licensure class on new contractors; raise contractor license fees; impose continuing education requirements; and more. Also, to require the state to keep more detailed records of complaints against contractors and their disposition, and to post certain complaint dispositions on the internet.
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
Passed in the Senate 34 to 0 (details)
