Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2084 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/09/2025

                     
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
HOUSE BILL 2084 	By: Blair of the House 
 
   and 
 
  Daniels of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to professions and occupations; 
amending Section 3, Chapter 269, O.S.L. 2024 (59 O.S. 
Supp. 2024, Section 1688.1), which r elates to 
continuing education requirements; modifying license 
renewal requirements; and providing an effective 
date. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STA TE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     Section 3, Chapter 269, O .S.L. 
2024 (59 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1688.1), is amended to read as 
follows: 
Section 1688.1.  A.  1.  Effective January 1, 2026, no 
contractor or journeyman license shall be renewed unless the 
licensee has completed twelve (12) hours of continuing educa tion 
every three (3) years or thirty -six (36) months preceding the 
expiration date of the license or registration certificate license 
renewal.  If a license expires be fore the licensee completes the   
 
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continuing education requirement, any continuing educatio n that is 
completed while the license is expired will be applied to the 
continuing education requirement for the thirty -six (36) months 
preceding the date the license expired.  Once the continuing 
education requirement for the expired license is met, along with any 
other requirements, the expired license may be renewed. Twelve (12) 
hours of continuing education will have to be completed in order to 
meet the continuing education requirement for the subsequent thirty -
six-month period.  The continuing educati on course and instructor 
shall be approved in advance by the Committee of Elec trical 
Examiners.  Exceptions to advance approval, or post -course approval, 
may be allowed by the Committee, or its designee, for substitute 
instructors in emergency situations w hen written notice of the 
emergency is provided to the Committee, or its designee, within 
seven (7) days of the course.  The location of continuing education 
courses shall be at the discretion of the course provider and may be 
scheduled during the workday at the discretion of the course 
provider.  The continuing education material s hall cover six (6) 
hours of codes and revisions adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform 
Building Code Commission (OUBCC).  The remaining six (6) hours may 
include the study of:  electric al circuit theory and calculations, 
wiring methods, grounding and bonding, transformer and motor theory, 
electrical circuits and devices, control systems, alternative energy 
systems including energy storage, safety related to the electrical   
 
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industry as defined by NFPA 70E, manufacturers ' installation of 
equipment or parts, the Elect rical License Act, the trade 
regulations as set forth in this act as well as the rules of the 
Construction Industries Board, and other trade subject matters 
approved by the Commi ttee. 
2.  Effective January 1, 2026, no apprentice shall be permitted 
to reregister unless the apprentice registrant has completed three 
(3) hours of continuing educat ion every year preceding the 
expiration date of the registration certificate re-registration.  If 
a registration expires before the registrant completes the 
continuing education requirement, any continuing education that is 
completed while the registration is expired will be applied to the 
continuing education requirement for the year precedin g the date the 
registration expired. Once the continuing education requirement for 
the expired registration is met, along with any other requirements, 
the apprentice is allowed to reregister after having an expired 
registration.  Three (3) hours of contin uing education will still 
have to be completed in order to meet the continuing education 
requirement for the subsequent registration year .  The continuing 
education course and instructor shall be approved in advance by the 
Committee.  Exceptions to advance approval, or post-course approval, 
may be allowed by the Committee, or its designee, for substitute 
instructors in emergency situations when written notice of the 
emergency is provided to the Committee, or its designee, within   
 
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seven (7) days of the course .  The location of continuing education 
courses shall be at the discretion of the course provider and may be 
scheduled during the workday at the discretion of the cour se 
provider.  The continuing education material shall cover a 
combination of the codes an d revisions adopted by the OUBCC, 
Oklahoma electrical industry regulations as well as the rules of the 
Construction Industries Board, and "electrical safety" as defined by 
NFPA 70E, other trade subject matters approved by the Committee, or 
approved continuing education for the contractor or journeyman.  
Notwithstanding the provision s of this subsection, if an apprentice 
is a student apprentice or is enrolled and attendi ng an approved 
course, the continuing education shall not be required. 
B.  The Construction Industries Board shall amend its rules, 
wherever applicable, to conform to the provisions of the Electrical 
License Act. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 
 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
OVERSIGHT, dated 03/04/2025 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.