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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 163

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Relating to: retired credential status for certain professionals holding credentials granted by the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

Administrative rules Architect Engineer Retirement — Private plans Surveying and surveyors Trades and occupations

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects,

Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors must

promulgate rules to allow a credential holder who is at least 65 years of age or has

actively maintained that credential for a minimum of 30 consecutive years and who

has retired from professional practice and no longer engages in that practice to apply

to the board to classify his or her credential as retired. Such a credential holder is

exempt from continuing education requirements and may maintain his or her

professional title but may not engage in the relevant practice. Also, under the bill,

such a credential holder must pay only one-half of the applicable renewal fee to

maintain his or her professional credential.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Brooks (R) , Kulp (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

4 cosponsors

Brostoff and L. Myers , Jacque (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Marklein (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Jan 31, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Jan 31, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kulp, Tusler, Anderson, Thiesfeldt, Spiros, Skowronski and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein and Jacque

  2. Apr 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  3. Apr 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kulp

  4. Apr 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kulp

  6. Aug 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Representatives Brostoff and L. Myers added as coauthors

  8. Jan 9, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  11. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  12. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1