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