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House passes construction-license changes after extended debate over worker classification
Summary
Second Substitute Senate Bill 35, which sponsors said closes worker-classification loopholes and requires proper workers’ compensation and unemployment coverage, passed the House 64–7 after extended floor debate over regulation and fairness to law‑abiding contractors.
The Utah House approved Second Substitute Senate Bill 35 on Feb. 9, 2011, sending the construction-license bill back to the Senate after adopting textual amendments and a floor debate that reflected a tension between tightening enforcement and concerns about regulatory scope.
Representative Keiser, the House sponsor, said the bill is part of a three‑bill package to address misclassification problems in the construction industry. "What this bill seeks to do is provide workers' compensation and unemployment…
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