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BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 5847: Contractor registration

Concerning contractor registration requirements for owners of property.

Summary

  • The provision including an owner in the contractor definition if the owner offers to sell improved property without occupying or using it for more than one year is modified. A person is not a contractor under this provision if the person contracts with a registered general contractor and does not superintend the work or undertakes only the installation of carpeting or other floor covering, or painting, or both.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5847), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 2015
  2. Out of committeeFeb 20, 2015
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jan Angel (R-26)
Introduced
February 5, 2015 in the Senate
Last action
March 10, 2016
Companion bill
HB 1749
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to contractor registration requirements for owners of property;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jan Angel (R-26)

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. Senate Rules "X" file.
  7. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  8. Minority; do not pass.
  9. CL - Majority; do pass.
  10. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5847 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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