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Senate Committee sends landscape licensing bill to the floor with due‑pass recommendation
Summary
Senate Bill 865, sponsored by the State Landscape Contractors Board, passed out of the Labor and Business Committee with a due‑pass recommendation; the bill expands definitions of independent contractor work, adds exceptions for ornamental water features, and updates contract rescission rules.
Senate Bill 865, introduced by the State Landscape Contractors Board, moved out of the Senate Committee on Labor and Business with a due‑pass recommendation on Feb. 25, 2025. Whitney, committee staff, summarized the bill as making three primary changes: expanding the type of work that applies when the board decides whether a landscape contracting business licensee is an independent contractor; creating an exception for persons or businesses installing ornamental water features if they are already licensed with the Construction Contractors Board; and removing a limitation on rescission rights tied to ownership or leasehold status of the real property.
Vice Chair Bohn moved the bill to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the motion passed with no objections recorded in the committee transcript. The measure was described by staff as having no revenue impact and a minimal fiscal impact. Senator Hayden agreed to carry the bill to the floor. The committee closed the work session after the motion passed.
The bill will proceed to the Senate floor for additional consideration and any further amendment or debate.
