2012 Senate Bill 1279

Authorize certain manufacturing & mining electrician licensure exemptions

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 19, 2012

Introduced by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

To exclude certain work in manufacturing or mining operations from a state licensure mandate that prohibits a company or individual from earning a living as an electrician without a state license.

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing

Oct. 17, 2012

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To extend the proposed exception to "independent power producer" facilities.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 25 to 12 (details)

To exclude certain work in manufacturing and mining operations, or at an "independent power producer" facility, from a state licensure mandate that prohibits an individual from earning a living as an electrician without a state license (which among other things requires at least four years of apprenticeship in which 8,000 hours of experience is accumulated).

Received in the House

Nov. 8, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform