HB 1228 — An Act amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law, further providing for State registration board for professional engineers, land surveyors and geologists.

PRINTER'S NO.   1444

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1228
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, VENKAT,
        GIRAL, RABB, WAXMAN, MAYES, OTTEN, HOHENSTEIN, RIVERA AND
        BOYD, APRIL 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), entitled "An
 2      act relating to and regulating the practice of the profession
 3      of engineering, including civil engineering, mechanical
 4      engineering, electrical engineering, mining engineering and
 5      chemical engineering, the profession of land surveying and
 6      the profession of geology and constituent parts and
 7      combinations thereof as herein defined; providing for the
 8      licensing and registration of persons practicing said
 9      profession, and the certification of engineers-in-training
10      and surveyors-in-training, and the suspension and revocation
11      of said licenses, registrations and certifications for
12      violation of this act; prescribing the powers and duties of
13      the State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land
14      Surveyors and Geologists, the Department of State and the
15      courts; prescribing penalties; and repealing existing laws,"
16      further providing for State registration board for
17      professional engineers, land surveyors and geologists.
18      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19   hereby enacts as follows:
20      Section 1.    Section 4.1(a) of the act of May 23, 1945
21   (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and
22   Geologist Registration Law, is amended to read:
23      Section 4.1.    State Registration Board for Professional
24   Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.--(a)    There is hereby
25   established within the Department of State the State
 1   Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors
 2   and Geologists. The board shall consist of the Commissioner of
 3   Professional and Occupational Affairs, three members appointed
 4   by the Governor who shall be persons representing the public at
 5   large and nine members appointed by the Governor, five of whom
 6   shall be registered professional engineers, two of whom shall be
 7   registered professional land surveyors and two of whom shall be
 8   registered professional geologists. Any land surveyor appointed
 9   to serve on the board shall have received the land surveyor
10   license upon the passage of the appropriate examination. Any
11   geologist licensed under section 4.4 of this act shall be
12   eligible for appointment to the board. The professional members
13   of the board shall be so selected that not more than two of them
14   shall specialize in any one of the five major disciplines of
15   engineering: civil, mining and metallurgical, mechanical,
16   electrical and chemical. Each member of the board shall be a
17   [citizen of the United States and a] resident of this
18   Commonwealth. Each professional member shall have been engaged
19   in the practice of the respective profession for at least ten
20   years and shall have been in responsible charge of work for at
21   least five years.
22      * * *
23      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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