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Senate adopts contractor-licensing language tightening award rules in SB 59
Summary
Senate Bill 59, amending construction-trades licensing law to clarify journeyman ratios and bar awards to unlicensed contractors, passed after floor amendments were adopted.
Senate Bill 59, a package of amendments to the Construction Trades Licensing Act by Senator Glade Nielsen, was adopted on the Senate floor after two amendments were offered and passed.
Senator Nelson summarized the amendments as clarifying the ratio of journeymen to others on jobsites (notably in electrical work) and inserting language preventing the award of a contract to a person who does not hold a contractor’s license for the work. Nelson said he had consulted Utah contractors and the department and that the proposed changes were consistent with surrounding states’ practices.
After brief questions and clarification about the precise placement of language in the bill text (page and line references were read into the record), the Senate adopted the amendments. The presiding officer announced the final tally as 24 ayes, 0 nays, 5 absent, and the bill passed and was referred to the House for further action.
Senator Nelson noted exemptions for owner-builders working on their own property and reaffirmed the committee’s balance in addressing handicrafts and life-safety exclusions (electrical and plumbing).
