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2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB3214
HB3214 reduces the ordinary journeyman-experience requirement for a master plumber license from four years to two.
Official caption: Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license.
Official report lists House author(s): Richardson, Campos, Gates, Curry. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- HB3214 reduces the ordinary journeyman-experience requirement for a master plumber license from four years to two.
- The separate route requiring at least one year as a journeyman plus completion of an approved apprenticeship training program is unchanged.
- The change does not automatically issue a license after two years.
What does it do?
HB3214 reduces the ordinary journeyman-experience requirement for a master plumber license from four years to two. It applies to applications submitted on or after September 1, 2025. Earlier applications remain governed by the law in effect when submitted. The governor signed the act June 20, 2025. Final law; official history.
The separate route requiring at least one year as a journeyman plus completion of an approved apprenticeship training program is unchanged. That program must be approved by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship or be another nationally recognized program accepted by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
The change does not automatically issue a license after two years. The law retains the required examination, relevant plumbing skills, performance or supervision of plumbing work, and the board’s other requirements. It directs the board to adopt necessary implementing rules as soon as practicable after the effective date, without prescribing a fixed rulemaking deadline.
What changed along the way?
The two-year change and the application-date protection were already in the filed bill. Although the history labels the House committee report a substitute, its operative text matches the introduced and House-passed versions. The Senate-reported and final texts retain the same provisions. Version index.
The official amendment index lists no amendments. There is no separate floor-amendment effect to describe; the one-year approved-training route was retained, not newly created by this act.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Journeyman plumbers who meet the remaining requirements may seek a master license two years sooner under the ordinary experience route. Employers and customers may benefit if that leads to more qualified master plumbers, but the act does not measure future workforce growth or guarantee cheaper services. Applicants still face the time and expense of meeting licensing and examination requirements.
The May 18 fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local-government fiscal impact, assuming implementation costs can be absorbed with existing resources. It does not estimate an individual plumber’s earnings, customer savings or examination costs. The bill appropriates no money.
Review boundary: All four sections and all indexed versions and fiscal notes checked. This explains the statutory eligibility change, not a determination that any particular applicant qualifies or a verification of current board processing times.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
