referencesource/electrician-licence-reciprocity-by-state

Electrician licence reciprocity by state: which states accept which licences, in which direction, on what conditions

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• —Last verified: 2026-08-11
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Which states will licence an electrician on the strength of another state's licence, per licensing board, with the direction and the conditions kept — the two things every aggregator flattens. Reciprocity agreements are directional and class-specific: Texas accepts journeyman licences from ten states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming) but master licences from a different seven, and requires the licence held at least one year and gained by that state's own exam. The data churns: Texas added Arkansas (Dec 2025), Iowa (Feb 2026), Alabama (Mar 2026) and Ohio (Jun 2026) under a 2025 state law directing agencies to pursue agreements — every content-mill list found predates at least one of these. Answers 'which states does Texas have journeyman electrician reciprocity with?', 'can I use my Idaho journeyman licence in Oregon?', 'does my master electrician licence transfer to another state?'

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• —https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/out-of-state.htm

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