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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS. | This bill provides for a residential electrician license. A residential electrician license allows for a person to conduct residential electrical work without having to be under the direct onsite supervision of a licensed master electrician, master electrician special, limited electrician, limited electrician special or journeyperson electrician. Electricians with a residential electrician license are permitted to perform electric work performed on or within a residential dwelling or building prior to the dwelling or building being connected to the electric grid, or work to or beyond the breaker panel or fuse box in a residential dwelling or building, or residential low voltage electric work. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 457 | Delaware HB 457 (149) |
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Delaware HB 457 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS.
This bill provides for a residential electrician license. A residential electrician license allows for a person to conduct residential electrical work without having to be under the direct onsite supervision of a licensed master electrician, master electrician special, limited electrician, limited electrician special or journeyperson electrician. Electricians with a residential electrician license are permitted to perform electric work performed on or within a residential dwelling or building prior to the dwelling or building being connected to the electric grid, or work to or beyond the breaker panel or fuse box in a residential dwelling or building, or residential low voltage electric work.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 30–6 (pass) · lower
- SM — 17–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-06-12 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 457 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2018-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 457 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2018-06-14 Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 6 NO 4 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT
passage - 2018-06-14 Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable - 2018-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT
passage - 2018-06-30 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fea7b90-828d-4213-95fe-d70715f5fca6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).