KY HB444 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license, to require an electrician applicant or master electrician applicant to have 8,000 hours or 16,000 hours of verifiable experience, respectively, which may be reduced by designated education or teaching, to authorize a master electrician or electrician applicant to qualify for licensure through teaching or attending an associate’s degree or diploma program at a college within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System or at another accredited college or university, to enable a military veteran to meet master electrician or electrician experience requirements through applicable supervised military occupational specialty experience, to direct the department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application form to allow submission of military experience, and to accept either a DD-214 form or a signed statement from the applicant’s commanding officer to verify relevant military experience; and amends KRS 227A.100 to renew electrician licenses once every two years, to allow the department to establish a system to issue electronic licenses instead of physical licenses, and to increase a $500,000 general liability insurance requirement to $1 million.
Title
AN ACT relating to electricians.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3120 (Y: 32 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-06 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 223 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-06 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 223 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 32-5 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-03-06 | House | 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) |
| 2024-03-05 | House | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2024-03-01 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024 |
| 2024-02-22 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-02-21 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-09 | House | to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings
Education, Higher
Education, Vocational
Electricians
Licensing
Occupations and Professions
State Agencies
Veterans
Education, Higher
Education, Vocational
Electricians
Licensing
Occupations and Professions
State Agencies
Veterans
