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HB1060 • 2026

relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Joseph Barton (R), Michael Harrington (R), Len Turcotte (R), Richard Brown (R), Diane Pauer (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 38

  2. 2026-02-27 H

    Executive Session: 02/18/2026 01:45 pm GP 153

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/18/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 10 P. 18

  4. 2026-01-14 H

    Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 01:45 pm GP 153

  5. 2025-11-12 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 4

Official Summary Text

relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1060-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2788.0
09/08

HOUSE BILL
1060-FN

AN ACT
relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

SPONSORS: Rep. Barton, Graf. 1; Rep. R. Brown, Carr. 8; Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill removes the requirement for licensure as an engineer that the 10 years of accumulated engineering experience be under the direction of a licensed professional engineer. This bill further removes that the education or experience required be satisfactory to the board of professional engineers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2788.0
09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Professional Engineers; General Requirements for Licensure. Amend RSA 310-A:12, II to read as follows:
II. Applicants who have the minimum of a bachelor of science degree, or the equivalent, from an ABET or other accredited 4-year institution in an engineering curriculum and more than 10 years of accumulated engineering experience
in the practice of engineering, regardless of whether such experience was
under the direction of a licensed professional engineer [
and satisfactory to the board
]

may apply to sit for the professional engineers examination. Such an applicant may request a waiver of the fundamentals of engineering examination.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBA
26-2788
10/20/25

HB 1060-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT
relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2029.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Office of Professional Licensure and Certification