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 AB-1707 Electricians: certification application, examination, and renewal.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 02/04/2026 09:00 PM

AB1707:v99#DOCUMENTBill Start

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1707

Introduced by Assembly Member Davies

February 04, 2026

 An act to amend Section 108.2 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1707, as introduced, Davies.
 Electricians: certification application, examination, and renewal.

Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. Existing law requires the division to maintain minimum standards for the competency and training of electricians through a system of testing and certification. Existing law requires the division to issue certification cards to electricians who have been certified and paid a fee, in accordance with certain procedures.

 This bill would require the division to permit the application for certification and examination as an electrician to be submitted electronically and would also permit electricians to renew their certifications electronically. The bill would permit an individual who fails the electrician certification
 examination to reregister for certification and to retake the examination again immediately at the next available appointment with the division.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 108.2 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

108.2.

 (a) Persons who perform work as electricians shall become certified pursuant to Section 108. Uncertified persons shall not perform electrical work for which certification is required.

(b) (1) Certification is required only for those persons who perform work as electricians for contractors licensed as class C-10 electrical contractors under the Contractors’ State License Board Rules and Regulations.

(2) Certification is not required for persons performing work for contractors licensed as class C-7 low voltage systems or class C-45 electric sign contractors as long as the work performed is within the scope of the class C-7 or class C-45 license, including incidental and supplemental
 work as defined in Section 7059 of the Business and Professions Code, and regardless of whether the same contractor is also licensed as a class C-10 contractor.

(3) Certification is not required for work performed by a worker on a high-voltage electrical transmission or distribution system owned by a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code; an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code; a person, as defined in Section 205 of the Public Utilities Code; or a corporation, as defined in Section 204 of the Public Utilities Code; when the worker is employed by the utility or a licensed contractor principally engaged in installing or maintaining transmission or distribution systems.

(4) Individuals An
 individual desiring to be certified shall submit an application for certification and examination that includes an employment history report from the Social Security Administration. The individual may redact his or her their social security number from the employment history report before it is submitted.

(c) (1) The division shall maintain separate certifications for general electrician, fire/life safety technician, residential electrician, voice data video technician, and nonresidential lighting
 technician.

(2) The division shall permit the application for certification and examination as an electrician to be submitted electronically and shall also permit electricians to renew their certifications electronically. 

(3) If an individual fails the electrician certification examination, the individual may reregister for certification and retake the examination again immediately at the next available appointment with the division.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), certification is not required for registered apprentices perform