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House Commerce panel advances bill to change State Plumbing Board membership and officer qualifications
Summary
The House Committee on Commerce voted to report Senate Bill 175 with amendments after testimony that the bill would alter which plumbing professionals may fill six seats on the State Plumbing Board and require the board chair and vice chair be active master plumbers.
Senator Womack asked the House Committee on Commerce on June 2 to report Senate Bill 175, which would change membership and officer qualifications on the State Plumbing Board.
The bill, as described by Senator Womack, would “change the qualifications for these six seats,” removing two journeyman-plumber-nominated seats and creating two master-plumber-nominated seats while preserving industry nominations from the Louisiana Pipe Trades. Womack said the changes are intended “to better represent the industry advocating for economic growth and protection of the public through the qualified workforce.”
The bill also would…
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