WA People
BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1752: Contractor bonding

Increasing contractor bonding requirements.

Summary

  • Allows the Director of the Department of Labor and Industries (Department) to increase a contractor's bond amount by up to three times the normal amount if the applicant has had in the past five years one, rather than three judgments involving a single-family dwelling.
  • Requires the Department to convene a work group to consider additional consumer safeguards including bond amounts, additional criteria for contractors, changes to options for consumer recovery, and other matters.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1752), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2019
  2. Out of committeeFeb 18, 2019
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Tina Orwall (D-33)
Introduced
January 30, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 21, 2020
Requested by
State agency
Companion bill
SB 5795
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to construction contractors but only with respect to providing financial recourse to harmed consumers not to include a warranty and creating a work group;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Tina Orwall (D-33)

2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Mike Sells D-38Chris Kilduff D-28

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. House Rules "X" file.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  4. Minority; do not pass.
  5. LAWS - Majority; do pass.
  6. First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

HB 1752 in other sessions

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