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Panel advances bill to license linemen and tighten HVAC contractor requirements
Summary
A state House committee voted to adopt a first substitute and give a favorable recommendation to HB 442, which would allow experienced linemen to obtain an E-100 electrical license for utility work and raise minimum experience and testing requirements for HVAC contractors.
A House Business and Labor Committee advanced HB 442 on a unanimous voice vote after debate about worker qualifications and public safety. Representative Tom Peterson sponsored the bill, telling the committee the measure would allow linemen with field training and four years’ experience to qualify for an E-100 license to work on electric utility grid infrastructure and would add testing and a two-year related-experience requirement for HVAC contractors.
The bill’s sponsor said the E-100 change would let linemen who are trained in utility line work obtain a license appropriate to that work rather than requiring them to use an E-200 electrical contractor qualifier. “This will allow someone trained in electric utility…
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