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. (CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Signed Jul 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2019 · House Mar 25, 2019
How they voted
23–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Mar 5, 2019
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican1
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Amendments
2
Apr 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 35) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
upper
Apr 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 35).
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto.
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-19 4:00PM in conference room 229.
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Mar 27, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 510).
upper
Mar 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Creagan, Eli, Holt, Nakamura, Quinlan excused (6). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 12, 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, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Belatti.
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to CPC, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 239) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) K. Rhoads. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang, Ruderman.
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-19 9:35AM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Re-Referred to CPH.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to CPH, WAM.
upper
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JK
J. Kalani English
DDemocratic
P
Kurt Fevella
RRepublican
P
Maile Shimabukuro
DDemocratic
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