---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to building industry licensure. Amend KRS 198B.650 to revise the definitions of \"maintenance person or maintenance engineer,\" \"major repair,\" and \"routine maintenance of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning\"; amend KRS 198B.658 to change the experience requirement from five years to two years for a master, and from four years to two years for a journeyman; amend KRS 198B.678 to permit a master HVAC contractor to represent more than one firm if specified criteria are met; create a new section of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master HVAC contractor; amend KRS 318.054 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master plumber; amend KRS 227.480 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased electrical contractor; amend KRS 227A.140 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a business to use the license of a deceased master electrician."
description: "AN ACT relating to building industry licensure. Amend KRS 198B.650 to revise the definitions of \"maintenance person or maintenance engineer,\" \"major repair,\" and \"routine maintenance of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning\"; amend KRS 198B.658 to change the experience requirement from five years to two years for a master, and from four years to two years for a journeyman; amend KRS 198B.678 to permit a master HVAC contractor to represent more than one firm if specified criteria are met; create a new section of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master HVAC contractor; amend KRS 318.054 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master plumber; amend KRS 227.480 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased electrical contractor; amend KRS 227A.140 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a business to use the license of a deceased master electrician."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 100"
citation: "Kentucky HB 100 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DJ Johnson", "L. Bechler", "R. Mills"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-02"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7f8cf9a-4f49-44dd-ba7b-f6ac2f463be4"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB100.htm"
source_hash: "058e71f0f3de8078f1044306fd26d259aec377563f62cec7faee658987696525"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 100 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to building industry licensure. Amend KRS 198B.650 to revise the definitions of "maintenance person or maintenance engineer," "major repair," and "routine maintenance of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning"; amend KRS 198B.658 to change the experience requirement from five years to two years for a master, and from four years to two years for a journeyman; amend KRS 198B.678 to permit a master HVAC contractor to represent more than one firm if specified criteria are met; create a new section of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master HVAC contractor; amend KRS 318.054 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master plumber; amend KRS 227.480 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased electrical contractor; amend KRS 227A.140 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a business to use the license of a deceased master electrician.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 100 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB100/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB100/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB100/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB100/SCS1.pdf)
5. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB100/SFA1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-04** To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-05** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-31** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 5, 2018
- **2018-02-05** 3rd reading, passed 82-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-06** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-07** To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-05** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment (1) defeated
- **2018-03-06** Passed 25-12 with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-07** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-09** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-09** Passed 49-33
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-12** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7f8cf9a-4f49-44dd-ba7b-f6ac2f463be4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).