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Bill would close 'loophole' allowing journeyman exams without completing classroom apprenticeship work
Summary
Representative Ed Buttrey told the committee House Bill 497 closes a statutory gap that allowed an apprentice to qualify for a journeyman electrician exam without completing the required classroom‑based instruction.
Representative Ed Buttrey presented House Bill 497 as a fix to an unintended gap in Montana’s electrician licensure pathway that had allowed an apprentice to sit for the journeyman exam after completing required hours but before finishing the related classroom instruction.
Margaret Morgan of the Montana Independent Electrical Contractors explained that Montana’s registered apprenticeship model has two components — 8,000 hours of on‑the‑job…
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