Bill Would Kill Yet-to-Launch Coverage Requirement for Contractors

California contractors who don’t have employees would not be required to have workers’ compensation coverage to receive a state license, under a bill authored by the same senator who penned a 2022 measure requiring proof of coverage for most contractors starting in 2026. Senate Bill 1071, by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, would create another exception to the proof-of-coverage requirement that Dodd included in his earlier measure, SB 216. Gov. Gavin Newsom in September 2022 enacted SB 216 requiring all concrete, heating and air conditioning, and tree service contractors to carry comp co...