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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1309: Contractor registration

Adding references to contractor registration and licensing laws in workers' compensation, public works, and prevailing wage statutes.

Summary

  • Aligns certain provisions governing public works, prevailing wage, and workers' compensation with the current requirement to obtain specialty contractor licenses to perform types of work, making those provisions apply to plumbing contractors, electrical contractors, and elevator contractors.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1309), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2023
  2. Out of committeeFeb 14, 2023
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mary Fosse (D-38)
Introduced
January 13, 2023 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2024
Requested by
State agency
Companion bill
SB 5088
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to adding references to contractor registration and licensing laws in workers' compensation, public works, and prevailing wage statutes;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mary Fosse (D-38)

9 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Greg Cheney R-18Liz Berry D-36Debra Lekanoff D-40Kevin Waters R-17Alex Ramel D-40Tana Senn D-41Julia Reed D-36Shelley Kloba D-1Spencer Hutchins R-26

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. LAWS - Majority; do pass.
  5. LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.
  6. First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

HB 1309 in other sessions

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

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