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SENATE BILL 23
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(PRE–FILED) CF HB 132
By: Senator Brooks
Requested: November 18, 2022
Introduced and read first time: January 11, 2023
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 7, 2023
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Heating, Ventilation, Air–Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services 2
– Journeyman License – Qualifications 3
FOR the purpose of altering the qualifications for a journeyman license to provide heating, 4
ventilation, air–conditioning, and refrigeration services; and generally relating to 5
journeyman licenses for heating, ventilation, air–conditioning, and refrigeration 6
services. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Business Regulation 9
Section 9A–301 and 9A–302(a) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Business Regulation 14
Section 9A–302(e) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 17
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
Article – Business Regulation 20 2 SENATE BILL 23
9A–301. 1
Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed by the 2
Board before the individual provides or assists in providing heating, ventilation, 3
air–conditioning, or refrigeration services in the State. 4
9A–302. 5
(a) To qualify for an apprentice, journeyman, journeyman restricted, master, 6
master restricted, or limited license, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this 7
section. 8
(e) An applicant for a journeyman license shall: 9
(1) have held, for a period of at least [3] 4 years, an apprentice license, and 10
during that period shall have completed at least [1,875] 6,000 hours of training in 11
providing heating, ventilation, air–conditioning, and refrigeration services under the 12
direction and control of a licensed contractor; and 13
(2) pass an examination administered by the Board. 14
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15
October 1, 2023. 16
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.