Requiring a license to engage in the practice of landscape architecture

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, no person may use the title "landscape architect" unless he or she holds a certificate of registration as a landscape architect issued by the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Land Surveyors (the board). In order to be granted a certificate of registration as a landscape architect, a person must hold a bachelor's or a master's degree in landscape architecture from a curriculum approved by the board and have at least two years of practical experience in landscape architecture, or have a specific record of at least seven years of training and experience in the practice of landscape architecture including at least two years of courses in landscape architecture approved by the board, and four years of practical experience in landscape architecture. Further, the person must successfully complete an examination by the board.

Under this bill, no person may practice landscape architecture unless he or she is registered as a landscape architect by the board. The registration requirements remain the same under the bill. The bill clarifies that landscape architecture does not include professional services provided by a person who is an architect, engineer, or land surveyor, if the person holds the credential required to engage in that practice. The bill also contains exemptions from the registration requirements for a number of persons, including: 1) an individual doing work on property owned by the individual; 2) biologists, professional geologists, and professional soil scientists;

Who's behind it

3 senators are its authors⁠. All 3 are Democrats.

15 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.