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 (SB 5795), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
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;