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Oklahoma Legislature· HB 3673Approved by Governor 05/12/2026

An act relating to professions and occupations, the official text

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1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3673            By: Provenzano

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to professions and occupations;

    providing renewal and reinstatement procedures for

8   expired unlimited journeyman electrician and

    residential journeyman licenses; authorizing renewal

9   without reexamination after more than one year of

    expiration under certain conditions; directing the

10  Construction Industries Board to establish fees and

    implement rules; repealing 59 O.S. 2021, Section

11  1688, which relates to terms of licensure and

    renewals; providing for codification; and providing

12  an effective date.

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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

16  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1688.2 of Title 59, unless there

18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

19  A. All electrical licenses shall expire annually on the last

20 day of the birth month of the licensee and may be renewed upon

21 application and payment of fees within thirty (30) days before or

22 after the expiration date. Licenses renewed more than thirty (30)

23 days after expiration shall be subject to late fees and any

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1 applicable continuing education requirements as currently provided

2 by law and rule.

3   B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, an

4 Unlimited Journeyman Electrician License or Residential Journeyman

5 Electrician License that has been expired for longer than one (1))

6 year may be renewed or reinstated without reexamination if the

7 applicant satisfies all of the following:

8   1. Submits a complete renewal and reinstatement application to

9 the Construction Industries Board;

10  2. Pays the standard annual renewal fee for each year the

11 license has been expired, plus all accrued late fees, including a

12 reinstatement penalty fee established by the Board not to exceed Two

13 Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per full year of expiration;

14  3. Completes all continuing education hours that would have

15 been required had the license remained active during the period of

16 expiration, plus an additional six (6) hours of Board-approved

17 continuing education for each full year or portion thereof during

18 which the license has been expired; and

19  4. Provides verification satisfactory to the Board that the

20 applicant has not been subject to final disciplinary action that

21 would preclude licensure and has not been convicted of a crime that

22 has a direct bearing on the applicant's fitness to practice as an

23 electrician.

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1   C. The provisions of subsection B of this section shall apply

2 exclusively to Unlimited Journeyman Electrician Licenses and

3 Residential Journeyman Electrician Licenses issued pursuant to the

4 Electrical License Act. These provisions shall not apply to

5 Electrical Contractor Licenses, Unlimited Electrical Contractor

6 Licenses, or any other license classification.

7   D. The Construction Industries Board, upon recommendation of

8 the Committee of Electrical Examiners, shall promulgate rules

9 necessary to implement subsection B of this section, including, but

10 not limited to, procedures for documenting continuing education

11 completed during periods of expiration and the schedule of

12 reinstatement penalty fees. Such rules shall be promulgated no

13 later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective

14 date of this act.

15  SECTION 2.        REPEALER  59 O.S. 2021, Section 1688, is

16 hereby repealed.

17  SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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19  60-2-15130        TKR  01/07/26

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