04/14/2022 08:00 AM House COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

           HB 402-IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR IN ADS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:27:12 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR HANNAN announced that the  final order of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE  BILL  NO.  402, "An  Act  relating  to  identification                                                               
requirements for contractors and home inspectors."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:27:29 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RYAN  JOHNSTON,  Staff,  Representative  Calvin  Schrage,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature, on  behalf of  Representative Schrage,  prime                                                               
sponsor  of HB  402, noted  that  the bill  sponsor's office  had                                                               
reached  out  to the  Associated  General  Contractors of  Alaska                                                               
(AGCA)  to  testify,  but  AGCA  members  are  at  a  conference.                                                               
Notwithstanding that,  he pointed  out that  AGCA had  provided a                                                               
letter of support  for the Senate companion bill  and had written                                                               
a letter requesting that [HB 402] be introduced.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
9:28:28 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  HANNAN  sought to  find  out  whether the  Division  of                                                               
Corporations,  Business,  and   Professional  Licensing  had  any                                                               
concerns regarding  the proposed change  under HB 402  that would                                                               
allow contractors  to be  directed to  a web  site as  opposed to                                                               
being   required   to   display    their   license   numbers   on                                                               
advertisements.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:29:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
GLENN  HOSKINSON,  Deputy  Director,  Division  of  Corporations,                                                               
Business,  and Professional  Licensing,  Department of  Commerce,                                                               
Community  & Economic  Development, responded  that the  division                                                               
has no concerns with  HB 402,  which she described  as "kind of a                                                               
modernization  that makes  a lot  of sense."   In  response to  a                                                               
follow-up   question,   she   estimated   that   6,270   licensed                                                               
contractors in Alaska would be affected by HB 402.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:30:21 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. JOHNSTON,  in response to Representative  McCarty, said there                                                               
is no difference between HB 402 and the Senate companion bill.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
9:30:59 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  HANNAN  opened  public  testimony on  HB  402.    After                                                               
ascertaining there was  no one who wished to  testify, she closed                                                               
public testimony.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:31:33 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR HANNAN announced HB 402 was held over.