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2003 General Session
HB 270 would have required that all contractors working in Wyoming be licensed.
The bill established the Wyoming Contractor Licensing Board, which would have developed training standards and established minimum educational requirements for the contractor's license, and would have reviewed license applications.
To obtain a license, a contractor would have to demonstrate compliance with all worker compensation provisions, and would have to show proof of liability and property damage insurance of at least $100,000. HB 270 allowed for an annual fee of up to $250 for the license.
The bill specified that any person who acted as a contractor without a license would be subject to a misdemeanor violation punishable by a fine up to $1000. The bill prohibited any county or municipal building inspector from issuing any construction permits to any contractor without first obtaining the contractor's license number.
The bill did not apply to people doing construction work for personal use.
Supporters of HB 270 argued that, with contracting completely unregulated, anyone can claim to be a contractor, regardless of their qualifications. They maintained that unqualified contractors can do poor quality and sometimes unsafe work, and that the consumer has no protection.
Opponents argued that, while it may be beneficial to regulate large contractors who work on large building projects and public works projects, it is overly burdensome and intrusive of the government to regulate all contractors regardless of the scale of their contracting operation.
HB 270 narrowly passed the House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, on a 5-4 vote.
The bill failed on General File in the House without a vote, because it was not scheduled for debate before the cutoff date by which bills had to be heard.
The vote listed below is the House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee vote.
A YES vote means the legislator supported requiring that all contractors in Wyoming must be licensed.
A NO vote means the legislator did not favor requiring contractor licensing.
| House Mineral, Business, Economic Development Committee |
2/5/03 | |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | No |
| H 20 | Stan Cooper (R) | No |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | Yes |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | Yes |
| H 53 | Frank Latta (R) | Yes |
| H 23 | Clarene Law (R) | No |
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | Yes |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | No |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | Yes |