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Bill AN ACT relating to electricians. Amend KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license; 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; 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; enable a military veteran to meet master electrician or electrician experience requirements through applicable supervised military occupational specialty experience; direct the department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application form to allow submission of military experience; accept either a DD-214 form or a signed statement from the applicant's commanding officer to verify relevant military experience; amend KRS 227A.100 to renew electrician licenses once every two years; allow a licensee to request either a physical or electronic license. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2024RS HB 444 Kentucky HB 444 (2024RS)
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S. Lewis
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Kentucky HB 444 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to electricians.

Amend KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license; 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; 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; enable a military veteran to meet master electrician or electrician experience requirements through applicable supervised military occupational specialty experience; direct the department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application form to allow submission of military experience; accept either a DD-214 form or a signed statement from the applicant's commanding officer to verify relevant military experience; amend KRS 227A.100 to renew electrician licenses once every two years; allow a licensee to request either a physical or electronic license.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 134 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Pass — pass (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 444 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • S. Bratcher — primary (person)
  • S. Lewis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024
  • 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
  • 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
  • 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 32-5 passage, reading-3
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 134) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb41cae0-bda5-4f69-a89b-3d06b0750154. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).