Delaware Senate Bill 222

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-29 - Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This legislation closes a loophole in the current law which allows 100% of the work being completed on a jobsite to be done by workers only possessing an apprentice license. Currently, under Delaware law, an apprentice license can be acquired with little or no experience in the electrical trade. Recently the State discovered that construction on Delawares largest building, measuring more than 3.7 million square feet, that houses over 500 workers and received $3 million in State taxpayer dollars was being built with electrical workers not possessing the necessary licenses. When the job was shut down, the contractor had all the electrical workers acquire apprentice licenses rather than hire experienced, properly trained electricians. A similar violation was discovered at the construction site of an elementary school here in Delaware.

An Act To Amend Chapter 14, Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Board Of Electrical Examiners.

Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-29		Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate

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