HB 6403 Summary

• Allows Department of Consumer Protection to post regulations on its website instead of printing pamphlets as the primary distribution method for alcoholic beverage permits, contractor licensing, and professional licensing regulations

• Modifies charitable organization registration renewal deadline from five months to eleven months after fiscal year end and removes provisions allowing extension of filing deadlines

• Changes license reinstatement periods from one year to two years for various professions including electricians and other trade contractors, requiring full re-examination if not renewed within that timeframe

• Updates home improvement contractor definitions to include condominium associations as "owners" eligible for guaranty fund protection and expands the definition of "private residence" to include condominiums managed by associations

• Makes minor technical changes to real estate licensing, weights and measures, raffle permits, shorthand reporters, and pharmaceutical wholesaler/manufacturer registration requirements