2025 Senate Bill 72

Occupations: electricians; ratio of electrician apprentices to journey or master licensees on a jobsite; modify, and require joint responsibility for supervision between electrical contractors and master electricians.

A bill to amend 2016 PA 407, entitled “Skilled trades regulation act,” by amending sections 701, 711, 715, and 717 (MCL 339.5701, 339.5711, 339.5715, and 339.5717), section 701 as amended by 2018 PA 151.

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The bill amends the Skilled Trades Regulation Act to enhance supervision requirements for apprentices, adjust licensing criteria for journeymen, enforce job site ratios, and impose penalties for non-compliance, with fines directed to enforcing agencies.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 11, 2025

Introduced by Sen. John Cherry (D-27)

Referred to the Committee on Labor