Transfer Your Electrician License to Kansas: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)

The thing to settle about Kansas before you plan anything: there is no state journeyman or master electrician license here to transfer. Individual electricians are licensed below the state level, by a city or county, where they are licensed at all, so "reciprocity" is the wrong question — the right one is which authority governs electrical work at your jobsite and what it requires. If Kansas licenses anything electrical statewide, it is the contractor business, a separate credential; the notes below say what applies here.

Kansas has NO statewide electrician license. Electrical contractors, master, journeyman, and residential electricians are licensed by individual cities and counties under K.S.A. 12-1525 et seq.; a locally issued license authorizes work only within that jurisdiction except where two political subdivisions have a reciprocal agreement. There is therefore no state credential to transfer in or out and no state-level reciprocity. A 2026 bill (HB2588) would have created statewide licensure administered by the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (journeyman = 2 years field experience / up to 930 program hours; master = 2 years as journeyman), but it Died in the 2026 legislative session and did not become law. Confirm requirements with the specific municipal/county authority (e.g., City of Wichita, Sedgwick County MABCD, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City).