RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 460 (HB 300) 2022 Regular Session DeVillier
Existing law requires persons engaged in the business of plumbing to hold a valid license
issued by the state plumbing board. New law retains existing law.
Prior law allowed plumbers to obtain licensure in several ways with varying degrees of
education, experience, and standardized certification required for varying licenses.
Two licenses provided for in prior law were the restricted journeyman plumber license and
restricted master plumber license. Both of these licenses were issued based on plumbing
activity the applicant engaged in prior to July 1, 1990.
New law removes the restricted journeyman and restricted master plumbing licenses from
the licensure options available under prior law and removes references to the licenses.
New law allows a person who has held a restricted journeyman license or a restricted master
plumbing license prior to Jan. 1, 2023, to be issued a journeyman license or a master
plumbing license, if the person has been in compliance with certain provisions of existing
law (R.S. 37:1371 and 1380).
New law allows a person who has held a restricted journeyman license or a restricted master
plumbing license prior to Jan. 1, 2023, but who has not been in compliance with certain
provisions of existing law (R.S. 37:1371 and 1380) to be issued a journeyman license or a
master plumbing license, if the person submits a written request to the board, pays renewal
fees pursuant to existing law (R.S. 37:1371(A)), and provides a written showing of
compliance with existing law (R.S. 37:1380).
New law allows the board to refuse to grant a license to an individual based upon the
applicant's failure to comply with additional licensing requirements not provided for in
existing law (R.S. 37:1371 and 1380).
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 37:1368(C) and (D), 1371(A)(1), and 1380(A); Adds R.S. 37:1368(K))