Agency Mission
The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners protects the health and safety of Texans. We help ensure drinking water, air, and medical gases are free from contaminants, and that fuel gas systems are properly installed to prevent carbon monoxide exposure. Good, sanitary plumbing is not incidental; it is foundational to how Texans live and work.
The Board protects Texans through equitable, consistent regulation of the plumbing industry. Every Board action and initiative serves that one vital mission: safeguarding the health and safety of all Texans. Our primary tool is licensure. Every license the agency issues certifies that its holder met the State of Texas’s rigorous requirements at the time of issuance and remains subject to regulation. Texans deserve professionals they can trust, and we use our second tool, examinations, to hold those professionals to the high standards not only of the State of Texas, but of the plumbing industry at large.
An informed public demands accountability, and it is in this area that the Board employs its third legislatively mandated tool to accomplish its stated mission. Enforcement of Plumbing License Law in a state the size of Texas is an ever-evolving challenge. Under its mandate and by the power granted it by the State of Texas, the TSBPE works to enforce Plumbing License Law through traditional Enforcement activities that compel licensees and registrants to comply in all plumbing-related matters, and by establishing itself in good faith as an integral part of the plumbing industry in Texas. It is in this landscape that the TSBPE works to communicate information affecting the lives of Texas plumbers through all appropriate public communication, outreach and regulatory channels.
The average Texan doesn’t think about plumbing until something goes wrong. The TSBPE works to change that by building awareness of the critical role licensed plumbers play in protecting public health. The Board’s community outreach and high school and trade school educational programs promote plumbing as a rewarding career to young people across Texas. This crucial effort helps build the kind of skilled workforce necessary to support a rapidly expanding state population.
The breadth of the TSBPE’s work is wide because its mission is not just to regulate a trade—it is to protect the health and safety of all people in Texas.