Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB23 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
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10	7		SENATE BILL 23
11	8		C2 3lr0881
12		-	(PRE–FILED) CF ~~HB 132~~
	9	+	(PRE–FILED) CF 3lr1484
13	10		By: Senator Brooks
14	11		Requested: November 18, 2022
15	12		Introduced and read first time: January 11, 2023
16	13		Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
17		-	Committee Report: Favorable
18		-	Senate action: Adopted
19		-	Read second time: February 7, 2023
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21		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	15	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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23	17		AN ACT concerning 1
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25	19		Heating, Ventilation, Air–Conditioning, and Refrigeration Services 2
26	20		– Journeyman License – Qualifications 3
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28	22		FOR the purpose of altering the qualifications for a journeyman license to provide heating, 4
29	23		ventilation, air–conditioning, and refrigeration services; and generally relating to 5
30	24		journeyman licenses for heating, ventilation, air–conditioning, and refrigeration 6
31	25		services. 7
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33	27		BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
34	28		Article – Business Regulation 9
35	29		Section 9A–301 and 9A–302(a) 10
36	30		Annotated Code of Maryland 11
37	31		(2015 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 12
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39	33		BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
40	34		Article – Business Regulation 14
41	35		Section 9A–302(e) 15
42	36		Annotated Code of Maryland 16
43	37		(2015 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 17
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45	39		SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
46	40		That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
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48		-	Article – Business Regulation 20 2 SENATE BILL 23
	42	+	Article – Business Regulation 20
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	44	+	9A–301. 21
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	46	+	Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed by the 22
	47	+	Board before the individual provides or assists in providing heating, ventilation, 23
	48	+	air–conditioning, or refrigeration services in the State. 24 2 SENATE BILL 23
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52		-	9A–~~301~~. 1
	52	+	9A–302. 1
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54		-	~~Except as otherwise provided in this title,~~ an ~~individual shall be licensed by the~~ 2
55		-	~~Board before~~ the ~~individual provides or assists in providing heating, ventilation,~~ 3
56		-	~~air–conditioning, or refrigeration services in the State~~. 4
	54	+	(a) To qualify for an apprentice, journeyman, journeyman restricted, master, 2
	55	+	master restricted, or limited license, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this 3
	56	+	section. 4
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58		-	~~9A–302.~~ 5
	58	+	(e) An applicant for a journeyman license shall: 5
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60		-	(a) To qualify for an apprentice, journeyman, journeyman restricted, master, 6
61		-	master restricted, or limited license, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this 7
62		-	section. 8
	60	+	(1) have held, for a period of at least [3] 4 years, an apprentice license, and 6
	61	+	during that period shall have completed at least [1,875] 6,000 hours of training in 7
	62	+	providing heating, ventilation, air–conditioning, and refrigeration services under the 8
	63	+	direction and control of a licensed contractor; and 9
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64		-	(e) An ~~applicant for a journeyman license shall:~~ 9
	65	+	(2) pass an examination administered by the Board. 10
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66		-	(1) have held, for a period of at least [3] 4 years, an apprentice license, and 10
67		-	during that period shall have completed at least [1,875] 6,000 hours of training in 11
68		-	providing heating, ventilation, air–conditioning, and refrigeration services under the 12
69		-	direction and control of a licensed contractor; and 13
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71		-	(2) pass an examination administered by the Board. 14
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73		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15
74		-	October 1, 2023. 16
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78		-	Approved:
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80		-	Governor.
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82		-	President of the Senate.
83		-	________________________________________________________________________________
84		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
	67	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11
	68	+	October 1, 2023. 12