Moving to Connecticut as a journeyman plumber: every state's rule
Connecticut has reciprocity agreements with 0 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.
Connecticut journeyman plumber · “P-2 Unlimited Journeyperson Plumber”
Statewide license
Issued by Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Occupational and Professional Licensing
Connecticut licenses plumbers statewide through the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) under CGS Chapter 393 (plumbing and piping work). The journeyman-level credential is the P-2 Unlimited Journeyperson Plumber, which covers all plumbing and piping work defined in CGS 20-330 while employed by a contractor licensed for that work. Narrower journeyperson classes exist (J-2 well pumps, J-4 lawn sprinkler, P-6 sewer/storm/water, P-8 gasoline tank piping, PP-2 process piping, SP-2 spa and pool). A new P-2 applicant qualifies through a registered apprenticeship, equivalent experience and training, or an equivalent out-of-state license (576 classroom hours matching Exhibit A and 8,000 on-the-job hours) and, under CGS 20-333 and 20-334a(a)(2), must pass the state licensure examination. CGS 20-333a would allow the Commissioner to waive the exam only if the origin state reciprocates for Connecticut licensees; DCP's P-1/P-2 out-of-state pages name no partner states. Application fee $90 (non-refundable) and initial/renewal license fee $120; licenses expire annually (plumbing expiration month not confirmed on the pages retrieved).
Every origin state
| State | Mechanism | Note | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Alaska | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Arizona | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Arkansas | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| California | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Colorado | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Delaware | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| District of Columbia | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Florida | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Georgia | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Hawaii | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Idaho | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Illinois | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Indiana | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Iowa | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Kansas | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Kentucky | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Louisiana | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Maine | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Maryland | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Massachusetts | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Michigan | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Minnesota | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Mississippi | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Missouri | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Montana | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Nebraska | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Nevada | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| New Hampshire | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| New Jersey | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| New Mexico | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| New York | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| North Carolina | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| North Dakota | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Ohio | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Oklahoma | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Oregon | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Pennsylvania | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Rhode Island | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| South Carolina | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| South Dakota | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Tennessee | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |
| Texas | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Utah | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Vermont | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Virginia | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Washington | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| West Virginia | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Wisconsin | Endorsement | 2026-09-16 | |
| Wyoming | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-16 |