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2024 SESSION
HB 576 Contractors, Board for; required regulations and disclosures.
Introduced by: Jackie H. Glass | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Board for Contractors; required regulations and disclosures. Requires the Board for Contractors to adopt regulations requiring all Class A, B, and C residential contractors, excluding subcontractors to the contracting parties and those who engage in routine maintenance or service contracts, to use legible written contracts that include certain terms and conditions. The bill directs the Board to require a statement of protections be provided by the contractor to the homeowner, consumer, or buyer in transactions involving door-to-door solicitations or any residential rooftop solar installation. The bill requires the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to review by July 1, 2025, its licensing exam for alternative energy system contracting to ensure such exam includes questions related to the physical installation of alternative energy systems on preexisting structures. The bill also requires the Board for Contractors to create a disclosure form to be provided in any transaction involving a residential rooftop solar installation to include specific disclosures regarding the risks associated with residential rooftop solar installation. Finally, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to develop recommendations for any additional consumer protections regarding the sale, lease, or installation of a solar energy facility with a generating capacity of 25 kilowatts or less and report the work group's recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by November 30, 2024. The bill is identical to SB 313 and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104940D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107511D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108146D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/24 House: Conference substitute printed 24108865D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB576ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's substitute printed 24109315D-H3 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104940D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
- 02/08/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/08/24 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 8-N)
- 02/08/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107511D-H1
- 02/11/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107511D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB576H1
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/21/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/21/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108146D-S1
- 02/23/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108146D-S1
- 02/26/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB576S1
- 02/26/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/28/24 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24108146D-S1 (2-Y 97-N)
- 02/28/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (2-Y 97-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/04/24 House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/24 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/24 House: Delegates: Glass, Carr, Owen
- 03/05/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/24 Senate: Senators: Carroll Foy, Ebbin, Jordan
- 03/07/24 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/24 House: Conference substitute printed 24108865D-H2
- 03/07/24 House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 47-N)
- 03/07/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 47-N)
- 03/08/24 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/08/24 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB576ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's substitute printed 24109315D-H3
- 04/17/24 House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 100-N)
- 04/17/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
- 04/17/24 House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024