Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on January 12, 2026. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 1457
"General Contractor Licensing Act;" provides for regulation of general contractors and general contracting businesses.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 9
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, William B. Sampson IV
Chief co-sponsors from Sep 12
Its course
January 9, 2024 to January 12, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action7 actions on 6 days
In the General AssemblyJan 9 to Jan 12734 days
Regulated ProfessionsJan 9 to Sep 12247 days
State and Local GovernmentSep 12 to Nov 1463 days
AppropriationsNov 14 to Jan 5 · moved on417 days
State and Local GovernmentJan 5 to Jan 50 days
AppropriationsJan 5 to Jan 83 days
In the SenateJan 12 to Jan 12 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading52–22
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 14
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 5, 2026
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 9 – Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 9Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Regulated Professions
- Sep 12Regulated Professions recommended it
- Sent to State and Local Government
- Nov 14State and Local Government recommended it as amended
- Sent to Appropriations
- Jan 5, 2026Sent to State and Local Government
- State and Local Government recommended it as amended
- Sent to Appropriations
- Jan 8, 2026Appropriations recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Passed the General Assembly, 52 to 22