MI HB5691

Creates a home inspectors board and establishes licensure requirements for home inspectors, including 80 credit hours of education, participation in 200 home inspections, passing an approved examination, being at least 18 years old, and having no felony convictions.

Provides a 12-month transition period for existing home inspectors to obtain licenses by demonstrating they conducted 200 fee-paid home inspections in the preceding 3 calendar years and passing the examination, without meeting the standard education and apprenticeship requirements.

Requires home inspection contracts to be in writing and include description of services, disclaimers about future performance, exclusions for non-apparent defects and non-operable systems, and disclosures about inspector's financial interests in the property.

Mandates home inspectors provide written reports listing inspected major systems (electrical, HVAC, plumbing, structure/foundation), document any systems not inspected, and include specific statements about exclusions and that assessments are valid only as of inspection date.

Establishes home inspector-client communications as privileged, limits complaints to 12 months after inspection date, prohibits home inspectors from performing repairs on properties they inspected, and requires 20 hours of annual continuing education; ties effectiveness to passage of HB 5690.