STATE LEGISLATURE

"Safety is at risk": Future of Texas plumbers' licensing and regulation uncertain after legislative impasse

Some plumbers are calling for a special session after the Texas House ended the state plumbing code and a plumbing regulation agency that has dozens of employees.

By ELIZABETH BYRNE, The Texas Tribune
Posted 6/2/19

Plumbers in Texas will no longer be subject to state regulations after lawmakers this week flushed the state plumbing code and the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, a state agency that …

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