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Builders, unions split as committee hears bid to clarify pipefitter licensing exemption

6548381 · October 20, 2025
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An industry association and a union clashed at Tuesday's hearing over language in House Bill 4,543 that would clarify who must hold a pipefitter license for certain underground and yard piping work at institutional properties.

An industry association and a union clashed at Tuesday's hearing over language in House Bill 4,543 that would clarify who must hold a pipefitter license for certain underground and yard piping work at institutional properties.

"The purpose of House Bill 4,543 is to clarify the existing statutory exemption found in chapter 146, section 87," said Edward D'Onofrio, an attorney with O'Reilly, Grosso, Gross & Jones representing the Construction Industries of Massachusetts Labor Relations Division.…

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