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Utah's law governing licensing for contractors, electricians, plumbers, and other construction trades would be substantially reorganized under this bill, which moves licensing rules for alarm companies and alarm company agents out of the existing Construction Trades Licensing Act and into a separate new chapter of law. Beyond that separation, the bill restructures and renumbers most of the remaining sections governing the Construction Services Commission, the Electricians and Plumbers Licensing Board, license terms, renewals, exemptions from licensure, and qualifier requirements (the individuals who hold responsibility for a licensed contracting business), and it adds a series of new legal definitions for terms like "contractor," "qualifier," "control position," and "construction trade." While much of this is a reorganization of existing rules rather than a wholesale change in substance, the bill does adjust some specific requirements, including how commission members are selected and defined, how long a contractor's license remains valid before a qualifier must be replaced, streamlined renewal procedures for long-standing contractors, and new grounds on which the state must deny or reconsider a license application based on a person's past license suspensions or revocations. Related cross-references in other parts of Utah law, such as those governing electric vehicle charging stations in condominiums and homeowner associations, construction payment retention rules, and background check requirements, are also updated to match the renumbered and restructured sections.