HI HR54

Requests the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Contractors License Board ensure at least two board members are Specialty Contractors licensed in structural contracting trades (carpentry framing, masonry, ornamental/guardrail/fencing, pile driving, post tensioning, reinforcing steel, or structural/general welding)

Requires these two members hold licenses that were not automatically issued through General Engineering Contractor or General Building Contractor licenses

Directs the agencies to consider establishing an advisory committee focused on structural contracting issues within the existing board composition

Directs the agencies to review whether automatic issuance of certain specialty licenses to General Engineering and Building Contractors without examination or additional fees adequately protects public health and safety

Requires submission of findings and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2024 Regular Session convenes