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Committee to fix apprenticeship ‘loophole’ for electrician licensure; bill requires completion of related instruction
Summary
House Bill 4 97 clarifies that applicants for journeyman electrician licensure must complete both 8,000 hours of on‑the‑job training and an approved apprenticeship program (related instruction), closing a statutory gap that allowed some applicants to seek testing without completing their apprenticeship schooling.
Representative Jennifer Lynch presented House Bill 4 97 to revise occupational licensing law for electricians so applicants must complete both the required on‑the‑job hours and the related, approved apprenticeship instruction before qualifying to sit for the journeyman exam.
Margaret Morgan of the Montana Independent Electrical Contractors, Clay Ledbetter (master electrician) and other…
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