o Virginia: the law passed earlier this year is relevant mostly to landlords and their
responsibility when it comes to mold. IAQA member Lee McNutt started the
process of IAQA involvement in rulemaking. Our local prospective chapter chairs
are working with Virginia and Lee moving forward.
O Maryland: MHIC continues to be in a holding pattern, with no indication when
they will break the indefinite hold on implementation. One change occurred
recently on the MHIC website that loosened the restrictions for mold companies
operating in MD. Until early this year, the Commission stated that a mold
remediation company performing demolition services must be licensed as a
home improvement contractor, and not licensed if performing cleaning services
only. Now, mold companies performing demolition or cleaning do not need to
be licensed, according to their latest guidance.
California: IAQA Government Affairs has enlisted Christine Robinson and Florence Wu,
both IAQA members, to discover the prospects of two bills at issued in California:
Senate bill 655: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-
postquery?bill_number=sb_655&sess=cur&house=b&author=mitchell
Assembly bill 1126: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-
16/bill/asm/ab_1101-
1150/ab_1126_bill_20150420_amended_asm_v98.pdf
IAQA Government Affairs invites all of our members to become involved. Our mission is more
than only observing government activity that affects our members. IAQA will take an active
advocacy position when there is a consensus among our members. Moreover, we welcome
IAQA members in good standing to join the committee, or to participate as special advisors on
any particular government initiative. If you want to contribute, please join us! We want to
hear from you: cwds@fiberlock.com
