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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 112 By: Bullard of the Senate
and
Hays of the House
An Act relating to plumbing licenses; amending 59
O.S. 2021, Sections 1003, 1005, and 1009, which
relate to definitions, examinations, and duration of
licenses; modifying definitions; updating statutory
references; requiring certain score on certain
examination; establishing certain qualifications for
certain examinations; establishing certain license
time period; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1003, is
amended to read as follows:
As used in The Plumbing License Law of 1955:
1. “Board” means the Construction Industries Board;
2. “Committee” means the Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing
Examiners appointed by the Construction Industries Board;
3. “Plumbing Hearing Board” means the State Plumbing Hearing
Board which shall consist of a designee of the Construction
Industries Board, as chair, and the members of the Oklahoma State
Committee of Plumbing Examiners;
4. “Apprentice” or “plumber’s apprentice” means any person
sixteen (16) years of age or older who, as the principal occupation
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of the person, is engaged in learning and assisting in the
installation of plumbing under the direct supervision of a licensed
journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor;
5. “Journeyman plumber” means any person other than a master
plumber or plumbing contractor who engages in or works at the actual
installation, alteration, repair and/or renovation of plumbing
licensed as a temporary, residential, or unlimited journeyman
plumber;
6. “Temporary journeyman plumber” means any person other than a
person permanently licensed as a journeyman plumber, master plumber,
or plumbing contractor in this state who meets the temporary
licensure requirements of Section 1006.1 of this title;
7. “Master plumber” is a term used and defined under laws which
have been repealed. A person formerly known as a master plumber is
henceforth to be known as a “plumbing contractor” as defined in this
section;
8. “Plumbing contractor” means any person who is skilled in the
planning, superintending, and practical installation of plumbing and
who is familiar with the laws and rules governing the same licensed
as a residential or unlimited plumbing contractor or someone
formerly known and licensed as a master plumber. This definition
may be construed to mean any person who has qualified and is
licensed under The Plumbing License Law of 1955 as a plumbing
contractor, who may operate as an individual, a firm, partnership,
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limited liability company, or corporation, or other legal entity to
engage in the business of plumbing, or the business of contracting
to do plumbing, or furnish labor or materials or both for the
installation, repair, maintenance, or renovation of plumbing
according to the requirements of The Plumbing License Law of 1955;
9. 8. “Plumbing” means, and includes:
a. all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances
for, and in connection with, a supply of water within
or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance,
on the premises and to the connection with a water
main or other source of supply,
b. all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances
for sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities,
including venting systems for such facilities, within
or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance,
on the premises and to the connection with a public
disposal system or other acceptable terminal,
c. the installation, repair, maintenance, and renovation
of all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances
for a supply of water, or for the disposal of waste
water, liquid waste, or sewage within or adjacent to
any building, structure, or conveyance, on the
premises and to the source of supply of water or point
of disposal of wastes, and
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d. the installation, repair, and maintenance of radiant-
floor heating system piping in residential homes with
capacities no greater than one hundred thousand
(100,000) BTU’s BTUs using only piping approved by the
most current adopted edition of the International
Mechanical Code; and
9. “Residential journeyman plumber” means any person who is
qualified and licensed, other than a plumbing contractor, to engage
in or work at the actual installation, alteration, repair, or
renovation site of residential plumbing. Residential plumbing is
limited to the type and category of journeyman plumbing license for
supervising and performing plumbing work for detached one- or two-
family dwellings;
10. “Residential plumbing contractor” means any person who is
qualified and licensed as a residential plumbing contractor where
the license limits the plumbing contractor to contracting,
supervising, and performing plumbing work for detached one- or two-
family dwellings;
11. “Unlimited journeyman plumber” means any person other than
a master plumber or plumbing contractor who engages in or works at
the actual installation, alteration, repair, or renovation of
plumbing;
12. “Unlimited plumbing contractor” means any person who is
skilled in the planning, superintending, and practical installation
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of plumbing and who is familiar with the laws and rules governing
the same; and
13. “Variance and Appeals Board” means the Oklahoma State
Plumbing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1005, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1005. (a) A. Examinations shall be uniform and shall
be practical in nature but sufficiently strict to test the
qualification and fitness of the applicant as a journeyman plumber
or as a plumbing contractor, as the case may be. It An examination
shall be in whole or in part in writing.
(b) B. Regular examinations shall be held at least twice each
year and special examinations may be fixed by the Oklahoma State
Committee of Plumbing Examiners. Any applicant initially failing to
pass the examination shall not be permitted to take another
examination for a period of thirty (30) days, and thereafter any
such applicant subsequently failing to pass the examination shall
not be permitted to take a subsequent examination for a period of
ninety (90) days.
C. An applicant for a residential journeyman plumber
examination shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older and have:
1. Three (3) years of experience in the plumbing trade while
employed by a licensed plumbing contractor;
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2. Two (2) years of experience in the plumbing trade while
employed by a licensed plumbing contractor with written approval
from the supervising licensed plumbing contractor;
3. An associate’s degree or vocational diploma certifying
completion of a formal plumbing educational program approved by the
Committee consisting of a minimum of one thousand (1,000) classroom
hours from an educational institution approved by the Oklahoma State
Committee of Plumbing Examiners and a minimum of two thousand
(2,000) hours of experience in the plumbing trade while employed by
a licensed plumbing contractor;
4. Two (2) years of experience in the plumbing trade while
serving in the United States Armed Forces; or
5. A current, valid, equivalent out-of-state residential
journeyman plumber license, and be a resident of this state.
D. An applicant for an unlimited journeyman plumber examination
shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older and have:
1. Three (3) years of experience in the plumbing trade while
employed by a licensed plumbing contractor;
2. An associate’s degree or vocational diploma certifying
completion of a formal plumbing educational program approved by the
Committee consisting of a minimum of one thousand (1,000) classroom
hours from an educational institution approved by the Oklahoma State
Committee of Plumbing Examiners and a minimum of two thousand
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(2,000) hours of experience in the plumbing trade while employed by
a licensed plumbing contractor;
3. Three (3) years of experience in the plumbing trade while
serving in the United States Armed Forces; or
4. A current, valid, equivalent out-of-state unlimited
journeyman plumber license, and be a resident of this state.
E. An applicant for a residential plumbing contractor
examination shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older and have at
a minimum one (1) year of experience as a licensed residential
journeyman plumber while employed by a licensed plumbing contractor.
Additionally, such applicant shall have:
1. An associate’s degree or vocational diploma certifying
completion of a formal plumbing educational program approved by the
Committee consisting of a minimum of one thousand (1,000) classroom
hours from an educational institution approved by the Oklahoma State
Committee of Plumbing Examiners and a minimum of four thousand
(4,000) hours of experience in the plumbing trade while employed by
a licensed plumbing contractor;
2. Two (2) years of experience in the plumbing trade while
serving in the United States Armed Forces; or
3. A current, valid, equivalent out-of-state plumbing
contractor license, and be a resident of this state.
F. An applicant for an unlimited plumbing contractor
examination shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older and have at
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a minimum one (1) year of experience as a licensed unlimited
journeyman plumber while employed by a licensed unlimited plumbing
contractor. Additionally, such applicant shall have:
1. An associate’s degree or vocational diploma certifying
completion of a formal plumbing educational program approved by the
Committee consisting of a minimum of one thousand (1,000) classroom
hours from an educational institution approved by the Oklahoma State
Committee of Plumbing Examiners and a minimum of four thousand
(4,000) hours of experience in the plumbing trade while employed by
a licensed plumbing contractor;
2. Two (2) years of experience in the plumbing trade while
serving in the United States Armed Forces; or
3. A current, valid, equivalent out-of-state plumbing
contractor license, and be a resident of this state.
G. The Construction Industries Board may promulgate rules as
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1009, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1009. No A. Except for unlimited journeyman plumber or
residential journeyman plumber licenses which may be issued for
three (3) years, no license shall be issued for longer than one (1)
year and all licenses shall expire on the last day in the birth
month of the licensee and shall be in alignment with continuing
education requirements. Such licenses may be renewed upon
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application and payment of fees within thirty (30) days preceding or
following the date the license renewal is due. No journeyman or
contractor license shall be renewed unless the licensee has
completed the required hours of continuing education as determined
and approved by the Oklahoma State Committee of Plumbing Examiners.
B. The Committee may renew licenses upon application made more
than thirty (30) days following the date of expiration only upon
payment of the renewal and additional fee prescribed and upon
compliance with any applicable continuing education requirements as
established by the Construction Industries Board and this act The
Plumbing License Law of 1955. Provided, that no penalty for renewal
shall be charged to any holder of a license which expires while such
holder is in military service if application is made within one (1)
year following discharge from the military service.
C. Apprentice registration certificates expire one (1) year
after date of registration, at which time the apprentice may
reregister.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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Passed the Senate the 24th day of March, 2025.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2025.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives