MI HB4506

Establishes a home inspectors board and creates licensure requirements for individuals providing home inspection services on residential properties, effective 1 year after enactment.

Requires home inspectors to complete at least 80 credit hours of education, participate in 200 home inspections under a licensed inspector's direction, pass a proctored examination (such as the national home inspection examination), be at least 18 years old with no felony convictions, and complete 20 hours of continuing education annually.

Provides a 12-month transition period allowing individuals who have conducted at least 200 fee-paid home inspections in the preceding 3 years to obtain licensure without meeting the standard education and age requirements.

Requires written contracts for home inspection services that include scope of services, disclaimers, disclosures of conflicts of interest, and statements that inspections assess conditions only as of the inspection date and exclude non-visible defects and inoperable systems.

Establishes enhanced criminal penalties for unlicensed home inspectors and residential builders/maintenance contractors (first offense: $5,000-$25,000 fine or up to 1 year imprisonment; second offense: up to 2 years imprisonment; if causing death or serious injury: felony with up to 4 years imprisonment).