Under a registration system, the state could use an administrative process, rather than the criminal process, to discipline contractors for fraud, incompetence or other types of professional misconduct. 

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“I think there’s a certain accountability to having your name on a list,” said William Badger, a Manchester-based architect who spoke to lawmakers last week. He argued that a registry would weed out what he called “Christmas carpenters.” (“Got a saw for Christmas, now they’re a carpenter.”)

Registered home contractors who ran afoul of the state disciplinary process would lose their legal right to operate.