Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1628 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/21/2025

                     
 
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION 
April 17, 2025 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR ENGROSSED 
HOUSE BILL NO. 1628 	By: Sneed of the House 
 
  and 
 
  Coleman of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to Roofing Contractor Registration 
Act; amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section s 1151.2a, 1151.5, 
and 1151.10, which relate to administration and 
enforcement, application and denial for registration , 
and issuance or denial of registration or 
endorsement; authorizing the Construction Industries 
Board to administer and enforce residential roofer 
endorsement provisions; modifying requirements to 
obtain certain license; establishing certain time 
frame for issuance of certain residential 
registration; providing certain expiration date for 
certain registration; establishing certain 
requirements for issuanc e of certain residential 
roofer endorsement; establishing certain endorsement 
application for certain residential roofing 
contractor; updating statutory language; updating 
statutory references; providing for codification; and 
providing an effective date . 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2021, Section 1151.2a, is 
amended to read as follows:   
 
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Section 1151.2a.  A.  The Construction Industries Board is 
authorized to administer and e nforce the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act. 
B.  1.  The Construction Industries Board is authorized to 
administer and enforce the commercial roofer endorsement provisions 
of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act. 
2.  The Construction Industries Boa rd shall have the authority 
to administer and enforce the provisions of the commercial roofer 
endorsement provisions of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act, 
including the authority to: 
a. establish the examination and continuing education 
requirements and procedures for endorsements of 
persons desiring or intending to engage in the 
business or trade of a commercial roofing contractor 
with the advice and input from the Committee of 
Roofing Examiners using assistance from a third -party 
vendor as necessary and appropriate, 
b. establish and enforce the minimum standards of 
commercial roofer endorsements in this state and rules 
promulgated pursuant to the commercial roofer 
endorsement provisions of the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act with the advice and inp ut from the 
Committee of Roofing Examiners,   
 
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c. promulgate, prescribe, amend, and repeal rules 
necessary to implement the provisions of the 
commercial roofer endorsement of the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act with the advice and input 
from the Committee of Roofing Examiners, 
d. issue, renew, suspend, revoke, modify , or deny 
endorsements to engage in commercial roofing 
contractor work pursuant to the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act, 
e. conduct investigations for the purpose of inspecting 
commercial roofer endorsements for compliance with the 
commercial roofer endorsement provisions of the 
Roofing Contractor Registration Act, and of the rules 
of the Board promulgated pursuant thereto, into the 
qualifications of applicants and allegations of 
violations, 
f. establish and levy administrative fines against any 
person who violates any of the provisions of the 
commercial roofer endorsement standards of the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act or any rule promulgated 
pursuant thereto, not to exceed five percent (5%) of 
the commercial job.  For any residential job , on a 
first violation, the Board may issue a warning levy an 
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($500.00); on any second violation , levy and an 
administrative fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars 
($500.00) One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) ; on a third 
violation, levy an administrative fine not to exceed 
Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00); and 
for any subsequent violation, revoke the registration 
and commercial roofer end orsement, 
g. initiate disciplinary proceedings and provide hearings 
on any person who violates any of the provisions of 
the commercial roofer endorsement standards of the 
Roofing Contractor Registration Act or any rule 
promulgated pursuant thereto, 
h. request prosecution of and initiate injunctive 
proceedings against any person who violates any of the 
provisions of the commercial roofers endorsement in 
the Roofing Contractor Registration Act or any rule 
promulgated pursuant to the commercial roofer 
endorsement of the Roofing Contractor Registration 
Act, and 
i. exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper 
to implement and enforce the provisions of the 
commercial roofer endorsement of the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act and the rules promulgate d 
pursuant thereto.   
 
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C.  1.  The Construction Industries Board shall administer and 
enforce the residential roofer endorsement provisions of the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act. 
2.  The Construction Industries Board shall administer and 
enforce the provisions of the residential roofer endorsement 
provisions of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act, including: 
a. establish the examination and continuing education 
requirements and procedures for endorsements of 
persons desiring or intending to engage in the 
business or trade of a residential roofing contractor 
with the advice and input from the Committee of 
Roofing Examiners using assistance from a third -party 
vendor as necessary and appropriate, 
b. establish and enforce the minimum standards of 
residential roofer endorsements in this state and 
rules promulgated pursuant to the residential roofer 
endorsement provisions of the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act with the advice and input from the 
Committee of Roofing Examiners, 
c. promulgate, prescribe, ame nd, and repeal rules 
necessary to implement the provisions of the 
residential roofer endorsement of the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act with the advice and input 
from the Committee of Roofing Examiners,   
 
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d. issue, renew, suspend, revoke, modify, or deny 
endorsements to engage in residential roofing 
contractor work pursuant to the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act, 
e. conduct investigations for the purpose of inspecting 
residential roofer endorsements for compliance with 
the residential roofer endorseme nt provisions of the 
Roofing Contractor Registration Act, and of the rules 
of the Board promulgated pursuant thereto, into the 
qualifications of applicants and allegations of 
violations, 
f. establish and levy administrative fines against any 
person who violates any of the provisions of the 
residential roofer endorsement standards of the 
Roofing Contractor Registration Act or any rule 
promulgated pursuant thereto.  For any residential 
job, on a first violation, the Board may levy an 
administrative fine not t o exceed Five Hundred Dollars 
($500.00); on any second violation, levy an 
administrative fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars 
($1,000.00); on a third violation, levy an 
administrative fine not to exceed Three Thousand Five 
Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00); and for any subsequent   
 
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violation, revoke the registration and residential 
roofer endorsement, 
g. initiate disciplinary proceedings and provide hearings 
on any person who violates any of the provisions of 
the residential roofer endorsement standards of the 
Roofing Contractor Registration Act or any rule 
promulgated pursuant thereto, 
h. request prosecution of and initiate injunctive 
proceedings against any person who violates any of the 
provisions of the residential roofers endorsement in 
the Roofing Contractor Registration Act or any rule 
promulgated pursuant to the residential roofer 
endorsement of the Roofing Contractor Registration 
Act, and 
i. exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper 
to implement and enforce the provisions of the 
residential roofer endorsement of the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act and the rules promulgated 
pursuant thereto. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2021, Section 1151.5, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1151.5.  A.  Applications for regist ration shall be made 
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and provided by the Board and shall be accompanied by the proper 
fee. 
B.  An applicant or qualifying party whose registration is 
denied, or the person has a conviction , or pled guilty or nolo 
contendere to a misdemeanor, or otherwise fails to meet the 
requirements of application, may obtain a hearing before the 
Committee of Roofing Examiners in order to provide information in 
support of the application requirements and an y other information 
showing the applicant ’s ability and willingness to comply with the 
requirements of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act, and to 
protect the public health, safety and welfare. 
C.  To obtain a roofing contractor registration under th e 
Roofing Contractor Registration Act, a qualifying party who is 
eighteen (18) years of age or older shall submit, on forms the 
registrar prescribes: 
1.  An application under oath containing a statement: 
a. of the qualifying party ’s experience and 
qualifications as a roofing contractor, if any, 
b. that the qualifying party desires the issuance of a 
roofing contractor registration certificate, 
c. that the qualifying party has read the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act and will comply with the 
provisions of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act 
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d. that the qualifying party will comply with state laws 
and local ordinances relating to standards and 
permits, 
e. that the qualifying party has or has not been 
registered or licensed as a roofing contract or in 
another state and whether any disciplinary action has 
been taken against such registration or license and 
whether it is currently in good standing, and 
f. that the nonresident qualifying party appoints the 
Secretary of State as legal service agent for all 
lawful process to be served upon the applicant for 
work performed in this state or as otherwise provided 
in the Roofing Contractor Registration Act; 
2.  The qualifying party ’s name, physical address and proof 
thereof, business name, telephone number, address and place of 
incorporation, if different, information on any other person who 
will be authorized to act as the business entity, and the 
applicant’s phone telephone number, if different; 
3.  The entity’s federal tax ID number, or the employer ’s or 
owner’s or qualifying party ’s social security Social Security 
number, and the employer ’s account number assigned by the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission.  The social security Social Security 
number information shall remain with the registrar as conf idential 
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verify compliance with requirements with this act, or upon request 
by law enforcement; and 
4.  A copy of the roofing contractor ’s certificate of liability 
insurance shall be fi led with the application and shall be not less 
than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for residential 
roofing contractor work and shall not be less than One Million 
Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for commercial roofing contractor work.  
Additionally, the Construction Industries Board shall be listed as a 
certificate holder. Any insurance company issuing a liability 
policy to a roofing contractor pursuant to the provisions of the 
Roofing Contractor Registration Act shall be required to notify the 
Construction Industries Board in the event such liability policy is 
cancelled canceled for any reason or lapses for nonpayment of 
premiums.  All registrations granted under the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act shall be suspended on the date of the policy 
cancellation.  The registrar must receive proof of insurance prior 
to restoring the registration. 
In addition, the roofing contractor shall submit proof that the 
contractor has secured workers ’ compensation coverage satisfactory 
under the Workers’ Compensation Act, or an affidavit of exemption or 
self-insurance as authorized pursuant to the Workers ’ Compensation 
Act.  If the registrar deems it appropriate or necessary, the 
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application form to assis t the registrar in registering the person 
as a contractor. 
D.  The qualifying party applying for a commercial roofer 
endorsement must provide information on the legal entity, including , 
but not limited to, the articles, organizational agreements or 
documents establishing the legal entity, including a list of the 
officers, members, managers, partners, or other managing agents of 
the legal entity.  The qualifying party shall also provide a 
certificate of good standing or a trade name report from the Office 
of the Secretary of State. 
E.  The registrar shall refuse to register any person if the 
registrar determines: 
1.  The application contains false, misleading, or incomplete 
information; 
2.  The applicant fails to provide a certificate of good 
standing or a trade name report from the Office of the Secretary of 
State; 
3.  The applicant, qualifying party, or any member of the legal 
entity fails or refuses to provide any information requested by the 
registrar; 
4.  The applicant fails or refuses to pay the required fees; 
5.  The applicant, qualifying party, or owner or officer or 
managing member of the legal entity is ineligible for registration 
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6.  The nonresident applicant has a revoked or suspended 
registration or license required by law for roofing contractors in 
another state; or 
7.  The applicant, qualifying party, or legal entity has failed 
or refuses to submit any taxes due in this state. 
F.  The registrar shall notify the applicant in writing if the 
registrar denies a registration or renewal certificate, and shall 
provide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure any 
defect in the written application or renewal for a period of ten 
(10) days from the date of the written notification.  An appl icant 
aggrieved by a decision of the registrar denying a registration or 
renewal may appeal the decision as provided in the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act, the Construction Industries Board Act, 
or the Administrative Procedures Act, or the applicant may reapply 
after a ninety-day waiting period, if otherwise eligible under the 
provisions of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act.  The 
application and renewal fees shall not be refundable. 
G.  The registrar shall classify as not in good standing the 
registration of any roofing contractor who fails to: 
1.  Maintain liability insurance coverage; 
2.  Maintain workers ’ compensation coverage satisfactory under 
the Workers’ Compensation Act, or provide an affidavit of exemption 
or self-insurance as authorized pu rsuant to the Workers ’ 
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3.  File, renew, or properly amend any fictitious name 
certificate; 
4.  Maintain an active status of a corporation or registration 
as a foreign corporation, a limited liability company or 
registration as a foreign limited liability company, a limited 
liability partnership registration or foreign limited liability 
partnership registration, or a limited partnership certificate or 
limited partnership or foreign limited partnership certificate of 
authority, with the Offi ce of the Secretary of State; 
5.  File or renew a trade name registration; 
6.  Maintain or renew a roofing contractor registration as 
provided in the Roofing Contractor Registration Act; 
7.  Notify the registrar of a change in name, address, legal 
business entity, qualifying party, legal service agent, or 
adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction for any act or 
omission specified in subsection A of Section 1151.14 of this title 
or a violation of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act; 
8.  Maintain a registration as required by law in another state 
while registered in this state as a nonresident roofing contractor; 
or 
9.  File and pay all taxes of the qualifying party and legal 
entity when due in this state. 
H.  The registrar shall send a written n otice to the qualifying 
party when his or her registration is not in good standing.   
 
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I.  Any roofing contractor who has been notified by the 
registrar that his or her registration is not in good standing shall 
cease soliciting or entering new roofing services and projects as of 
the date of such notification; however, the roofing contractor shall 
be allowed to complete roofing projects where actual physical work 
has begun prior to the date of issuance of the notice that his or 
her registration is not in good standing.  The roofing contractor 
must disclose the change in standing to any homeowner or other 
person who has an interest in any job covered under the Roofing 
Contractor Registration Act.  Upon notice of a change in standing, 
the homeowner shall have the o ption to cancel the contract.  The 
roofing contractor will be owed the actual cost incurred for 
materials and the market value of labor already incurred on the job.  
The roofing contractor must obtain an updated authorization from the 
homeowner and other parties of interest if there is an agreement to 
continue the job as originally negotiated.  If the roofing 
contractor fails to correct the deficiency specified in the notice 
by evidence satisfactory to the registrar within thirty (30) days of 
the date of the notice, or if the roofing contractor solicits or 
enters into new roofing services contracts or projects while the 
roofing contractor’s registration is not in good standing, or while 
such registration is suspended or revoked, the roofing contractor 
shall be in violation of the provisions of the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act.   
 
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J.  Any registration that remains not in good standing for a 
sixty-day period shall be suspended on the sixtieth day from the 
date of issuance of the notice to the roofing contra ctor that his or 
her registration is not in good standing.  Any registration that 
remains not in good standing, and is suspended for such cause, shall 
be revoked on the ninetieth day from the date of issuance of the 
notice to the roofing contractor that his or her registration is not 
in good standing.  The registrar shall notify the roofing contractor 
upon suspension or revocation of his or her registration for failure 
to comply in bringing such registration into good standing as 
required by law.  The roofi ng contractor may reinstate his or her 
registration to good standing by paying the required fees provided 
in Section 1151.12 of this title and complying with all other 
requirements for issuance of a registration in good standing. 
K.  Any registrant, qual ifying party, or roofing company owner 
aggrieved by the decision of the registrar to suspend or revoke a 
registration pursuant to this section may appeal such decision as 
provided in this act or the Administrative Procedures Act. 
SECTION 3.    AMENDATORY     59 O.S. 2021, Section 1151.10, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1151.10. A.  Within twenty-five (25) calendar days from 
the date of application, the registrar shall either issue or deny 
the roofing contractor or residential roofing contractor 
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until the registrar receives all documentation and fees necessary to 
obtain a registration certificate in good standing.  The 
registration certificate issued on an original application entitles 
the person to act as a roofing contractor within this state, subject 
to the limitations of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act.  
Until January 1, 2015, all registrations shall expire on June 30 of 
each year and may be renewed fro m year to year.  Beginning no later 
than January 1, 2015, all registrations issued shall be renewed 
based on staggered expiration dates of the last day of the birth 
month of the qualifying party so that all registrations and 
endorsements shall expire on the last day in the birth month of the 
qualifying party.  The Construction Industries Board is authorized 
to prorate registration and renewal fees, as described by rule, so 
that beginning January 1, 2015, or thirty (30) days after rules have 
been approved, fees for renewals previously due by June 30, 2015, 
are prorated and converted to be due the last day of the birth month 
of the qualifying party by shortening or lengthening the next 
renewal date by up to six (6) months.  Beginning the effective date 
of this act November 1, 2014, new initial registrations and 
endorsements will be issued for up to eighteen (18) months and due 
for renewal the last day of the birth month of the qualifying party.  
After initial proration or conversion to birth month, no subsequen t 
registration or endorsement shall be issued for longer than one (1) 
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month of the qualifying party.  The Construction Industries Board 
shall implement rules for the scheduling of expiration and renewal 
of registrations and endorsements, including the prorating of fees 
and the identification and information of the qualifying party.  The 
commercial or residential roofer endorsement shall expire on the 
expiration date of the supporting regist ration. 
B.  An applicant or qualifying party whose registration or 
endorsement is refused or denied by the registrar may obtain a 
hearing before the Committee of Roofing Examiners with written 
notice to the registrar of the grounds for appeal and identificat ion 
of evidence to be presented in support of the application 
requirements and any other information showing the applicant ’s 
ability and willingness to comply with the requirements of the act, 
and to protect the public health, safety and welfare.  Such a ppeals 
to the Committee of Roofing Examiners shall be made by the 
qualifying party in writing to the registrar within fourteen (14) 
days from the date of the written notification of denial or refusal 
to register or endorse. 
C.  The Construction Industries Bo ard shall issue a commercial 
or residential roofer endorsement to any person who: 
1.  Has been certified by the Committee of Roofing Examiners as 
having successfully passed the appropriate examination; and 
2.  Has paid the application and endorsement fee and has 
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residential roofer endorsement of the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act.  The endorsement fee is hereby established as up 
to Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).  Renewal of a commercial or 
residential roofer endorsement shall be One Hundred Dollars 
($100.00). 
Endorsements renewed more than thirty (30) days following the 
date of expiration may only be renewed upon application and payment 
of the required fees and payment of late renewal fee in the amount 
of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). 
No endorsement shall be renewed unless the licensee has 
completed the required hours of continuing education recommended by 
the Committee and set forth by rule. 
No late fee shall be charged to renew a regis tration or 
endorsement which expired while the applicant was in active military 
service, if application for renewal is made within one (1) year of 
discharge from active duty status. 
SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be co dified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1151.25a of Title 59, unless 
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Except as otherwise provided in the Roofing Contractor 
Registration Act, on and after the effective date of this act , every 
roofing contractor, except for those defined in subsection G of this 
section, offering to engage in or engaging in performing residential 
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residential roofing endorsement.  To recei ve a residential roofing 
endorsement, the roofing contractor shall be required to take and 
successfully pass a residential roofing examination approved under 
the provisions of this act with a minimum score of seventy percent 
(70%), and be in compliance with all other provisions of th is act 
and rules before acting or being endorsed as a residential roofing 
contractor.  For applicants who have been registered and in good 
standing with the Construction Industries Board on the effective 
date of this act, there shall be a twelve-month grandfathering -in 
period from the effective date of this act to either pass the exam 
or complete an additional ten (10) hours of continuing education 
credits approved in advance by the Committee of Roofing Examiners 
and the Construction Industries Board, to be granted a residential 
roofer endorsement. 
B.  Examinations for a residential roofer endorsement shall be 
uniform and practical in nature and sufficiently strict to test the 
qualifications and fitness of the applicants for endor sement.  
Examinations shall be in whole or in part in writing.  Examinations 
shall be offered at least monthly; dates, times, and locations shall 
be determined by the registrar or third -party vendor with approval 
of the registrar. 
C.  Any applicant initially failing to pass the examination 
shall not be permitted to take another examination for a period of 
thirty (30) days.  Any applicant subsequently failing to pass the   
 
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examination shall not be permitted to take another examination for a 
period of ninety (90) days.  However, in a declared state of 
emergency, the examination shall be available as often as possible 
as determined by the registrar. 
D.  No residential roofer endorsement shall be renewed unless 
the qualifying party has completed the required hours o f continuing 
education pursuant to subsection A of this section . 
E.  For all new applicants not registered and in good standing 
with the Construction Industries Board prior to the effective date 
of this act, the Construction Industries Board shall issue a 
residential roofer endorsement to qualifying applicants no sooner 
than thirty (30) days from the date of successful completion of the 
exam.  New applicants shall not be allowed to sell, offer, bid, 
inspect, or perform any residential roofing contractor wor k in this 
state until a residential roofer endorsement is issued. 
F.  For all applicants registered and in good standing with the 
Construction Industries Board prior to the effective date of this 
act: 
1.  The residential roofer endorsement shall be issue d 
immediately upon compliance with the provisions of this section ; and 
2. Applicants shall be allowed to continue residential roofing 
contractor work at all times during the residential roofer 
endorsement application process.   
 
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G.  The residential roofing end orsement shall not apply to 
roofing labor contractors who: 
1. Only provide roofing construction labor services; 
2. Are working directly for a registered roofing contractor 
that possesses a residential roofing endorsement; and 
3. Are not providing any materials. 
SECTION 5.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2026. 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND INSURANCE 
April 17, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS