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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 492

Contracting
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SPONSOR
Arrington
FILED BY
Kristen Aston Arrington — District 25, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Criminal Justice

Filed under Occupational.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Contracting; Providing minimum penalties for certain unlawful actions, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Requires jail time or probation for unlicensed contracting convictions.

Unlicensed contracting is already a first-degree misdemeanor. A conviction now carries a mandatory minimum sentence too: at least 15 days in jail, or at least 12 months of probation, whichever the court chooses to impose.

These criminal penalties are not the only consequence. They can be imposed on top of the separate licensing-board remedies the state can already pursue against unlicensed contractors.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandatory minimum jail time or probation for unlicensed contracting majors. 489.127(2)(a)

AIA person convicted of unlicensed contracting under this paragraph must now receive at least 15 days in jail or at least 12 months of probation. Previously the general misdemeanor penalty statutes governed, with no mandatory floor on the sentence.

“must be sentenced to a minimum of either: 1. Fifteen days in jail; or 2. Twelve months of probation” bill text, line 51 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Criminal Justice
1/13/2026
Introduced
12/1/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice; Regulated Industries; Rules
11/13/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 489.127
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s. 489.127
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s. 489.13
+0 / −0