ESB 5997 — Making technical corrections to plumbing supervision and trainee hours reporting.

What this bill does

Removes the penalty and the requirement that the Department of Labor and Industries not renew a plumber trainee's certificate for failure to report hours worked. Removes a provision requiring plumber trainees to be on the same jobsite as the supervising plumber and allows trainees performing residential service plumbing to be at separate jobsites while working under one supervising plumber. Extends the expiration date for the trainee-to-supervisor ratios from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2028.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 2024
  95 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 9, 2024
  49 yea · 0 nay

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