RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.
Summary
Raises the threshold under the contractor licensing law's handyman exemption from $1,000 to $1,500 and makes it applicable only to the cost of labor and materials. (HB69 HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2019
Last action Mar 7, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2019
How they voted
50–1
Passed
Total votes 51
Mar 5, 2019
D
Democratic45
97% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to CPH.
upper
Mar 7, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 334).
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) D. Kobayashi voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Mizuno.
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to CPC, referral sheet 2
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 17, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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