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2024 SESSION

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SB 313 Contractors, Board for; required regulations and disclosures.

Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Board for Contractors; required regulations and disclosures. 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 HB 576 and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103160D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106429D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24108070D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/24  Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108903D-S2  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB313ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/24  Senate: Governor's substitute printed 24109317D-S3  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Conference amendments
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103160D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/29/24  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106429D-S1
• 01/29/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/06/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/08/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/08/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106429D-S1
• 02/08/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB313S1
• 02/08/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/24  House: Read first time
• 02/14/24  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/16/24  House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
• 02/21/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
• 02/21/24  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
• 02/21/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24108070D-H1
• 02/23/24  House: Read second time
• 02/26/24  House: Read third time
• 02/26/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24108070D-H1
• 02/26/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB313H1
• 02/26/24  House: Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N)
• 02/26/24  House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 46-N)
• 02/28/24  Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
• 02/29/24  House: House insisted on substitute
• 02/29/24  House: House requested conference committee
• 03/04/24  Senate: Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/04/24  Senate: Senators: VanValkenburg, Rouse, DeSteph
• 03/05/24  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/05/24  House: Delegates: Bulova, Hernandez, Fowler
• 03/07/24  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/07/24  Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108903D-S2
• 03/07/24  House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
• 03/07/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N)
• 03/08/24  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB313ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  Senate: 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  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/08/24  Senate: Governor's substitute printed 24109317D-S3
• 04/17/24  Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N)
• 04/17/24  Senate: Communicated to Governor
• 04/17/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024