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Bill Contractors, Board for; exemptions, responsibility for contracting with unlicensed person. Exempts from licensure work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $2,500 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor, provided that such contractor holds a valid license in the residential or commercial building contractor classification. The bill provides, however, that any construction services that require an individual license or certification shall be rendered only by an individual licensed or certified by the Board for Contractors. The bill also provides that any contractor that directly employs or otherwise contracts with a person who is not credentialed by the Board for Contractors for work requiring a credential shall be solely responsible for any monetary penalty or other sanction resulting from the act of employing or contracting with a person who lacks the proper credential based upon such person's failure to obtain or maintain the required credential. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 1193 Virginia SB 1193 (2017)
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Virginia SB 1193 (2017) — Contractors, Board for; exemptions, responsibility for contracting with unlicensed person.

Exempts from licensure work undertaken by a person providing construction, remodeling, repair, improvement, removal, or demolition valued at $2,500 or less per project on behalf of a properly licensed contractor, provided that such contractor holds a valid license in the residential or commercial building contractor classification. The bill provides, however, that any construction services that require an individual license or certification shall be rendered only by an individual licensed or certified by the Board for Contractors. The bill also provides that any contractor that directly employs or otherwise contracts with a person who is not credentialed by the Board for Contractors for work requiring a credential shall be solely responsible for any monetary penalty or other sanction resulting from the act of employing or contracting with a person who lacks the proper credential based upon such person's failure to obtain or maintain the required credential. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1193ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104814D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103399D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws with amendment — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • House amendment agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — 950 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
  • Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103399D introduction
  • 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2017-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2017-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 17104814D-S1
  • 2017-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1193S1
  • 2017-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-10 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2017-02-10 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-16 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-17 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
  • 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
  • 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/203912c0-35bc-4872-a823-6e1115553344. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).