An Act To Provide Parity in the Laws Regarding Licensing of Electricians
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1403
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: McKANE
Amends: 32 MRSA §1202

Legislative Document 
No. 1403 
H.P.986 
House of Representatives, March 14,2007 
An Act To Provide Parity in the Laws Regarding Licensing of 
Electricians 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested 
and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative McKANE of Newcastle. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1202, sub-§l, ~A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 349, §67 and 
by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. 00, §2 and as affected by §4, is further amended to read: 
A. 
For a journeyman electrician's license, a person must: 
(1) 
Complete at least 8,000 hours of service as an apprentice or helper 
electrician or at least 8,000 hours of experience in electrical installations, as 
defined in section 1101, and satisfactorily complete a program of study 
comprising 576 hours as approved by the Electricians' Examining Board or from 
an accredited institution. The 576 hours shall consist of 225 hours of required 
study, including an approved course of not less than 45 hours in the current 
National Electrical Code; and 351 hours of elective study, comprised of all trade-
related electives or 225 hours of trade-related courses and 135 hours of degree-
related courses; 
(2) Be a graduate of an accredited regional applied technology high school 2-
year electrical program, have worked for 8,000 hours in the field of electrical 
installations under the supervision of a master electrician or the equivalent and 
have completed a course of not less than 45 hours in the current National 
Electrical Code, the course to be approved by the board; 
(3) Be a graduate of an accredited Maffie community college electrical program 
or a vocational-electrical program of the Department of Corrections, have worked 
for 4,000 hours in the field of electrical installations under the supervision of a 
master electrician or the equivalent and have completed a course of not less than 
hours in the current National Electrical Code, the course to be approved by the 
board. 
Persons qualifying under this paragraph may write the journeyman's 
examination upon graduation if application is made within one year of 
graduation; or 
(4) Be an electrical apprentice registered with the State Apprenticeship and 
Training Council and have completed 576 hours of related instruction, as defined 
in this paragraph, prescribed in their apprenticeship program, the 8,000-hour 
approved program and a course of not less than 45 hours in the current National 
Electrical Code, the course to be approved by the board. Persons qualifying 
under this paragraph may write the journeyman's examination after completion of 
the 576 hours of instruction, if application is made within one year of the 
completion of the instruction. 
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §1202, sub-§l, ~, as amended by PL 1995, c. 325, § 13 and 
by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. 00, §2 and as affected by §4, is further amended to read: 
D. 
For ajourneyman-in-training electrician's license, a person must be a graduate of 
an accredited Maffie community college or Department of Corrections Corrections' 
electrical program, receive a passing grade on the journeyman journeyman's 
examination and complete 2,000 hours of experience. 
SUMMARY 
This bill creates parity between an applicant for licensure as a journeyman electrician 
or a journeyman-in-training electrician who is a graduate of an electrical program of a 
Maine community college and an applicant for licensure who is a graduate of an electrical 
program of an accredited community college that is not located in Maine.