Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0101 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 101
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 25-31-1.
7	7	Synopsis: Registration of professional engineers. Provides a new
8	8	pathway to registration as a professional engineer for an individual with
9	9	at least 25 years of engineering experience who also passes the
10	10	required examination on the individual's first attempt.
11	11	Effective: July 1, 2025.
12	12	Niemeyer
13	13	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor.
14	14	2025 IN 101—LS 6059/DI 148 Introduced
15	15	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
16	16	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
17	17	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
18	18	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
19	19	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
20	20	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
21	21	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
22	22	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
23	23	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
24	24	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
25	25	SENATE BILL No. 101
26	26	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
27	27	professions and occupations.
28	28	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. IC 25-31-1-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
30	30	2 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12. (a) Except as
31	31	3 provided in section 21.1 of this chapter, the following under either
32	32	4 subdivision (1) or (2) shall be considered as minimum evidence that
33	33	5 the applicant is qualified for registration as a professional engineer:
34	34	6 (1) All of the following:
35	35	7 (A) Graduation in an approved engineering curriculum of four
36	36	8 (4) years or more.
37	37	9 (B) A specific record of four (4) years or more of progressive
38	38	10 experience on engineering projects of sufficient quality
39	39	11 acquired subsequent to graduation, which experience indicates
40	40	12 that the applicant is qualified to be placed in responsible
41	41	13 charge of engineering work requiring the exercise of judgment
42	42	14 in the application of engineering sciences to the sound solution
43	43	15 of engineering problems.
44	44	16 (C) The successful passing of an examination as provided for
45	45	17 in section 14 of this chapter.
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47	47	1 (2) All of the following:
48	48	2 (A) A specific record of eight (8) years or more of engineering
49	49	3 education and experience in engineering work, which indicates
50	50	4 that the applicant has acquired knowledge and skill and
51	51	5 practical experience in engineering work approximating that
52	52	6 required for registration as a professional engineer under
53	53	7 subdivision (1).
54	54	8 (B) The successful passing of an examination as provided for
55	55	9 in section 14 of this chapter.
56	56	10 (b) The following under either subdivision (1) or (2) shall be
57	57	11 considered as minimum evidence that the applicant is qualified for
58	58	12 certification as an engineering intern:
59	59	13 (1) All of the following:
60	60	14 (A) Graduation in an approved engineering curriculum of four
61	61	15 (4) years or more.
62	62	16 (B) The successful passing of an engineering intern
63	63	17 examination as provided in section 14 of this chapter.
64	64	18 (2) All of the following:
65	65	19 (A) A specific record of four (4) years or more of engineering
66	66	20 education and experience in engineering work indicating that
67	67	21 the applicant has acquired knowledge and skill approximating
68	68	22 that acquired through graduation in an approved engineering
69	69	23 curriculum of four (4) years or more.
70	70	24 (B) The successful passing of an engineering intern
71	71	25 examination as provided in section 14 of this chapter.
72	72	26 (c) The board may waive the examination under section 14 of this
73	73	27 chapter to any applicant who has been granted a certificate of
74	74	28 registration under section 21 of this chapter.
75	75	29 (d) An individual is not eligible for registration as a professional
76	76	30 engineer or certification as an engineering intern if the individual has
77	77	31 been convicted of:
78	78	32 (1) an act which would constitute grounds for disciplinary
79	79	33 sanction under IC 25-1-11; or
80	80	34 (2) a felony that has a direct bearing on the individual's ability to
81	81	35 practice competently.
82	82	36 (e) In considering the qualifications of applicants, responsible
83	83	37 charge of engineering teaching shall be construed as responsible charge
84	84	38 of engineering work. An applicant who holds a degree of master of
85	85	39 science of engineering or the equivalent thereof from a curriculum in
86	86	40 engineering approved by the board may be given a maximum credit of
87	87	41 one (1) year of experience in addition to the credit of four (4) years of
88	88	42 education. An applicant who holds a degree of doctor of philosophy or
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90	90	1 the equivalent thereof from a curriculum in engineering approved by
91	91	2 the board may be given a maximum of credit of two (2) years of
92	92	3 experience in addition to a credit of four (4) years of education.
93	93	4 Graduation in a course other than engineering from a college or
94	94	5 university acceptable to the board may be considered as equivalent to
95	95	6 two (2) years engineering experience and education. The mere
96	96	7 execution, as a contractor of work designed by a professional engineer,
97	97	8 or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or
98	98	9 superintendent shall not be deemed to be engineering experience.
99	99	10 (f) Any person having the necessary qualifications to be registered
100	100	11 under this chapter is eligible for registration although the individual
101	101	12 may not be engaged in the practice of engineering at the time the
102	102	13 application is made.
103	103	14 SECTION 2. IC 25-31-1-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2012,
104	104	15 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
105	105	16 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 14. (a) The examination required of all applicants
106	106	17 for registration as a professional engineer shall be a written or
107	107	18 computer based examination which shall be divided into the following
108	108	19 two (2) parts:
109	109	20 (1) Engineering fundamentals.
110	110	21 (2) Principles and practice of engineering.
111	111	22 The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing additional
112	112	23 examination requirements.
113	113	24 (b) The engineering fundamentals portion of the examination shall
114	114	25 be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of mathematics and the
115	115	26 physical and engineering sciences. The standards of proficiency
116	116	27 required shall approximate that attained by graduation in an approved
117	117	28 four (4) year engineering curriculum.
118	118	29 (c) The principles and practice of the engineering portion of the
119	119	30 examination shall be designed primarily to test the applicant's
120	120	31 understanding of, and judgment and ability to apply correctly, the
121	121	32 principles of:
122	122	33 (1) mathematics;
123	123	34 (2) the physical sciences;
124	124	35 (3) the engineering sciences; and
125	125	36 (4) engineering design analysis and synthesis;
126	126	37 to the practice of professional engineering. A part of the examination
127	127	38 may be designed to test the applicant's knowledge and understanding
128	128	39 of the ethical, economic, and legal principles relating to the practices
129	129	40 of professional engineering.
130	130	41 (d) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who
131	131	42 holds an engineering intern certificate issued in Indiana or in any other
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133	133	1 state or territory having equivalent standards may be exempted from
134	134	2 the engineering fundamentals portion of the examination.
135	135	3 (e) An applicant must successfully pass the engineering
136	136	4 fundamentals portion of the examination before taking the principles
137	137	5 and practice portion of the examination.
138	138	6 (f) Examinations shall be held at times and places as determined by
139	139	7 the board at least two (2) times each year. Examinations for
140	140	8 certification as an engineering intern may be held separately from the
141	141	9 examinations for registration as a professional engineer.
142	142	10 (g) An applicant for registration as a professional engineer who is
143	143	11 presently registered in another state or territory may be assigned a
144	144	12 written or computer based examination as the board deems necessary
145	145	13 to meet the requirements of this chapter.
146	146	14 (h) Except as provided in subsection (j), an applicant shall have
147	147	15 has three (3) attempts to pass each part of the examination within a
148	148	16 time period established by the board by rule. The board may specify by
149	149	17 rule the time required between examinations and the opportunity for
150	150	18 future examination attempts for an applicant who fails to appear at an
151	151	19 examination. The amount of the fee to be paid for each examination
152	152	20 shall be determined by the board under IC 25-1-8-2.
153	153	21 (i) If an applicant who has failed a part of the examination three (3)
154	154	22 times reapplies and submits evidence of acquiring additional
155	155	23 knowledge for the examination, the board may give the applicant
156	156	24 approval to take subsequent examinations or partial examinations.
157	157	25 (j) An applicant who is seeking registration as a professional
158	158	26 engineer under section 21.1 of this chapter has one (1) attempt to
159	159	27 pass each part of the examination within a time period established
160	160	28 by the board by rule.
161	161	29 SECTION 3. IC 25-31-1-21.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
162	162	30 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
163	163	31 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 21.1. If an applicant does not
164	164	32 satisfy the educational requirements under section 12 of this
165	165	33 chapter, the applicant must meet the following requirements to
166	166	34 qualify for registration as a professional engineer:
167	167	35 (1) Have a specific record of twenty-five (25) years or more of
168	168	36 experience in engineering work, which indicates that the
169	169	37 applicant has acquired knowledge, skill, and practical
170	170	38 experience in engineering work.
171	171	39 (2) Pass the examination described in section 14 of this
172	172	40 chapter on the applicant's first attempt.
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