130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 126
S.P. 59 In Senate, January 21, 2021
An Act To Allow a Journeyman Electrician To Supervise Three
Helper Electricians
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 19, 2021. Referred to the Committee
on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business pursuant to Joint Rule
308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator POULIOT of Kennebec.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1202-A, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 198, §17, is
3 amended to read:
4 A. A journeyman electrician may make electrical installations while employed by a
5 supervising master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company. A person
6 licensed under this subsection may supervise:
7 (1) Two helper electricians who are enrolled in, or have completed, a program of
8 study consisting of 576 hours of education as approved by the board or from an
9 accredited institution;
10 (2) Two apprentice electricians; or
11 (3) One Three helper electrician electricians.
12 SUMMARY
13 This bill changes the number of helper electricians who may be supervised by a
14 journeyman electrician. Under current law, a journeyman electrician may supervise one
15 helper electrician or 2 helper electricians if they are enrolled in or have completed a certain
16 educational program. This bill eliminates this distinction and allows a journeyman
17 electrician to supervise 3 helper electricians.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 126, SP 59: 32.1202