SB 78 Summary

• Changes the Ohio construction industry licensing board structure by replacing "trade sections" terminology with "specialty sections" and clarifying the board's administrative organization.

• Requires all licensed contractors to assign their licenses to a contracting company; licenses not assigned within 60 days of the bill's effective date are placed in inactive status.

• Removes restrictions on continuing education course providers and streamlines the approval process, allowing training agencies to submit courses 30 days to one year prior to offering them.

• Establishes new disciplinary procedures under section 4740.10 allowing specialty sections to suspend, revoke, or fine contractors, and permits filing criminal complaints for violations; changes voting requirement for fines from four members to a simple majority.

• Creates a new section 4740.131 permitting contractors to lease temporary or permanent employees from professional employer organizations or temporary agencies for work under the contractor's direct supervision.