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Committee adopts amendment and advances statewide electrician‑licensing bill with 8,000‑hour grandfather clause
Summary
Members adopted an amendment to HB2588 that sets a grandfathering pathway and a statewide licensure structure (including a residential electrician classification and an 8,000‑hour exemption for documented field experience), then voted to pass the bill favorably as amended by voice vote.
Representative Wilcott introduced an amendment to HB2588 that changes the oversight for statewide electrician licensure, adds a grandfathering clause, and adjusts training and examination provisions. The amendment shifts oversight from the Board of Technical Professions to a division in the State Fire Marshal's Office and adds a clause stating, in part: "nor shall any person be required to be examined…
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