| Passed by the Senate April 17, 2007 YEAS 41 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 6, 2007 YEAS 94 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5788 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 8, 2007, 4:43 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 10, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/28/07.
AN ACT Relating to the licensing of home inspectors; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 (1) The department of licensing shall
conduct a study of the home inspector profession and make
recommendations to the legislature as to whether the home inspector
profession should be regulated for the purpose of protecting the public
interest under the criteria set forth in RCW 18.118.010.
(2) In conducting the study, the department shall consider the
factors, to the extent appropriate, in RCW 18.118.030.
(3) The department must hold public hearings as part of its study.
The department must file notice of the hearings with the code reviser
for publication in the Washington State Register. The notice must
state that information is sought regarding possible regulation of the
home inspector profession; and when, where, and how public members may
present information about the home inspector profession and possible
regulation. The department must request names of interested
individuals and organizations from legislators and other identified
interested parties and send these individuals and organizations copies
of the notice filed with the code reviser.
(4) The department shall submit a report detailing its findings and
recommendations under this section to the appropriate legislative
committees by December 1, 2007.