Governor Signs Bill to Delay Comp Mandate for Contractors

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill delaying by two years the implementation of a universal workers’ compensation coverage requirement for all contractors. The bill Newsom signed Sunday also includes a provision requiring the Contractors State License Board to bolster its efforts to verify that a licensee has no employees because the universal coverage requirement might be scrapped entirely. Newsom on Sunday signed SB 1455, by Sen. Angelique Ashby, D-Sacramento, a multifaceted bill unanimously passed by both chambers of the Legislature dealing with the CSLB. The bill extends the...