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House passes master plumber licensing changes to strengthen apprenticeship pipeline
Summary
The House approved House Bill 401 requiring journeyman plumbers to serve a supervisory period (two years, or one with an associate degree) before qualifying for a contractor's license; current journeymen and contractors are grandfathered. Vote: 66–3.
The Utah House passed House Bill 401, the Master Plumber Licensing Amendments, with a 66–3 roll-call vote. Sponsor Representative James Dunnigan described the measure as a compromise to address a shortage in the plumber apprenticeship pipeline by adding a supervisory journeyman requirement before a journeyman may sit for a contractor's exam.
Representative James Dunnigan told colleagues that currently apprentices…
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