republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/sb-78.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to electricians. Amend KRS 227A.060 to require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to administer its electrician licensing examination; allow an applicant to sit for the electrician licensing examination if the applicant has four years of experience or two years of experience plus an acceptable training course in electrical work; create a nonrenewable two-year provisional electrician license; require an applicant for a provisional license to have at least six years of verifiable experience since age 16; establish how a provisional license holder may become a licensed electrician; allow a former provisional license holder to apply for regular licensure as an electrician.	AN ACT relating to electricians. Amend KRS 227A.060 to require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to administer its electrician licensing examination; allow an applicant to sit for the electrician licensing examination if the applicant has four years of experience or two years of experience plus an acceptable training course in electrical work; create a nonrenewable two-year provisional electrician license; require an applicant for a provisional license to have at least six years of verifiable experience since age 16; establish how a provisional license holder may become a licensed electrician; allow a former provisional license holder to apply for regular licensure as an electrician.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2018RS	SB 78	Kentucky SB 78 (2018RS)	bill		enacted	W. Westerfield	8	29	0	2018-01-11	2018-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/2769cad0-ba44-47b1-86fe-49dfad7f12bc	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB78.htm	68bfd44b9bb604c9a0f753e2e51eeb26459322da8060ac044a4734bb0277db8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 78 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to electricians. Amend KRS 227A.060 to require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to administer its electrician licensing examination; allow an applicant to sit for the electrician licensing examination if the applicant has four years of experience or two years of experience plus an acceptable training course in electrical work; create a nonrenewable two-year provisional electrician license; require an applicant for a provisional license to have at least six years of verifiable experience since age 16; establish how a provisional license holder may become a licensed electrician; allow a former provisional license holder to apply for regular licensure as an electrician.

Version chain

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

1. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
2. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HFA2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HFA3 (committee substitute) — source
5. HFA4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 78 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
8. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• W. Westerfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-01-16 To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
• 2018-01-23 Floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2018-01-24 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-01-25 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 25, 2018
• 2018-01-25 3rd reading, passed 26-10 with floor amendment (1) reading-3, passage
• 2018-01-26 Received in House
• 2018-01-30 To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Posted in committee
• 2018-03-21 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) filed to Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-22 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-03-22 Floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
• 2018-03-22 Floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4) filed to Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-14 Taken from Rules
• 2018-04-14 Placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2018-04-14 3rd reading reading-3
• 2018-04-14 Floor amendment (3) defeated
• 2018-04-14 Passed 45-44 with Committee Substitute
• 2018-04-14 Received in Senate
• 2018-04-14 To Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2018-04-14 Posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2018-04-14 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2018-04-14 Bill passed 21-13
• 2018-04-14 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2018-04-14 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2018-04-14 Delivered to Governor
• 2018-04-26 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 186) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2769cad0-ba44-47b1-86fe-49dfad7f12bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).