Check out Senate Bill 838 and House Bill 607.

If successful, section 489.537(3)(f) of the F.S. will be revised to require at least one licensed journeyman electrician on any new or exisiting commerical or industrial facility of 5,000 gross square feet where the work perform exceeds 98 volts.

The current provision is for 50,000 square feet or more of new facilities only.

The law would take effect July 1, 2011.

I Hope it passes both houses,

Bryan ck the HB 607 again I can't find anything that relates to Journeymen in that bill, found the Senate Bill

never mind I found it

Usually these bills die but given the unlikely provisions in this one, it would not make sense for the home builders to oppose it.

I am all for it.
Many moons ago some jurisdictions required licensed journeymen on a job.
And everyone barked about it.(Contractors)
Then it kinda went away with all the changes in Tallahassee.
I recall the home builders were the strongest fighting it.

Then it kinda came back with no provisions on who or what would monitor and license them. It was just a mention in a bill with no details.

I have always felt it would benefit the electrician and the customer.

Implementation would probably be tough. Due to finding them at first. But as time progresses that would go away.

I think this might be the bill that Steve Wise sponsored and has bee floating around for a few years. I think it couldn't even got out of committee in 2008 or 09.
I would be astonished if the thing ever gets to the floor with the strong pro business congress we have.

I can't see where this would hurt home builders. In the current employment market liscensed journeymen are about a dime a dozen, at least in the area I am in. On the job I am currently running (and BTW I am NOT a liscensed journeyman) I have 2 former superintendants (both with cards) working for me who are getting paid peanuts for the qualifications that they have.

And way back when we did have the provision, I was never asked if I had a card. If they state is going to require that there be a journeyman on every job then there should be a state recognized journeyman's card. And I don't mean a card that tests your ability to find things in the code book, just because you can pass a test on the book doesn't mean that you can take that knowledge and apply it in the field. Maybe this would be a good topic to discuss under a seperate thread.

That was my question. Who says you are a journeyman if there is no state certification in a right to work state? As far as I know DBPR is the only agency that can certify anyone here legally.
Is that on the table yet?

some counties give the test