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House panel approves bill to automatically issue journeyman license to master electricians
Summary
The House Business Committee voted to send House Bill 153 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after the bill’s sponsor said it would reduce reciprocity barriers for master electricians by issuing a journeyman license when a master license already exists.
Representative Josh Wheeler (District 35) told the House Business Committee on Feb. 19 that House Bill 153 would allow the state to issue a journeyman electrician license automatically to individuals who already hold a master electrician license.
Wheeler said the change responds to complaints from master electricians who have had trouble obtaining licensure reciprocity with other states because they had not maintained a…
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