Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB529 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1
2	2
3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		sb0529
9	6
10	7		SENATE BILL 529
11	8		C2 5lr2459
12		-	SB 927/22 – SRU ~~CF HB 1526~~
	9	+	SB 927/22 – SRU
13	10		By: Senator Brooks
14	11		Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
15	12		Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable
17		-	Senate action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: February 22, 2025
19	13
20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
21	15
22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
23	17
24	18		Business Occupations and Professions – Professional Engineers – Examination 2
25	19
26	20		FOR the purpose of requiring an applicant for a license to practice engineering to pass an 3
27	21		examination in the fundamentals of engineering given by the State Board for 4
28	22		Professional Engineers before passing the required examination in the principles 5
29	23		and practice of engineering; and generally relating to the licensure requirements for 6
30	24		professional engineers. 7
31	25
32	26		BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
33	27		Article – Business Occupations and Professions 9
34	28		Section 14–305(a) 10
35	29		Annotated Code of Maryland 11
36	30		(2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
37	31
38	32		BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
39	33		Article – Business Occupations and Professions 14
40	34		Section 14–305(d) 15
41	35		Annotated Code of Maryland 16
42	36		(2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
43	37
44	38		SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
45	39		That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
46	40
47	41		Article – Business Occupations and Professions 20
	42	+
	43	+	14–305. 21
	44	+
	45	+	(a) In addition to the other qualifications for a license set forth in this subtitle, an 22
	46	+	applicant shall qualify under this section by meeting the educational and experience 23
	47	+	requirements set forth in subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section. 24
48	48		2 SENATE BILL 529
49	49
50	50
51		-	~~14–305.~~ 1
	51	+	(d) (1) An applicant qualifies under this section if the applicant: 1
52	52
53		-	(a) ~~In addition~~ to ~~the other qualifications for a license set forth in~~ this ~~subtitle~~, an 2
54		-	~~applicant shall qualify under this section by meeting~~ the ~~educational~~ and ~~experience~~ 3
55		-	~~requirements set forth in subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section.~~ 4
	53	+	(i) subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, has at least 12 years 2
	54	+	of work experience in engineering that is satisfactory to the Board and that indicates to the 3
	55	+	Board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering; and 4
56	56
57		-	(d) (1) An applicant qualifies under this section if the applicant: 5
	57	+	(ii) 1. has passed the examination IN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF 5
	58	+	ENGINEERING GIVEN BY THE BOARD UNDER THIS SUBT ITLE; AND 6
58	59
59		-	~~(i) subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection,~~ ~~has at least 12 years 6~~
60		-	of ~~work experience~~ in ~~engineering that is satisfactory to~~ the ~~Board and that indicates to the 7~~
61		-	~~Board that~~ the ~~applicant may be competent to practice engineering; and 8~~
	60	+	2. AFTER PASSING THE EX AMINATION IN THE 7
	61	+	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGI NEERING, HAS PASSED THE EXAMI NATION in the principles 8
	62	+	and practice of engineering given by the Board under this subtitle. 9
62	63
63		-	(ii) 1. has passed the examination IN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF 9
64		-	ENGINEERING GIVEN BY THE BOARD UNDER T HIS SUBTITLE; AND 10
	64	+	(2) If an applicant has completed 1 or more years of a college or university 10
	65	+	curriculum in engineering that the Board approves, it may allow, for each of those years, a 11
	66	+	1–year credit towards the experience requirement of paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection. 12
65	67
66		-	2. AFTER PASSING THE EX AMINATION IN THE 11
67		-	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGI NEERING, HAS PASSED THE EXAMI NATION in the principles 12
68		-	and practice of engineering given by the Board under this subtitle. 13
	68	+	(3) If an applicant has completed 1 or more years of a college or university 13
	69	+	curriculum in engineering that has not been approved by the Board, the Board may allow, 14
	70	+	for each of those years, a credit of up to 6 months towards the experience requirement under 15
	71	+	paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection. 16
69	72
70		-	(2) If an applicant has completed 1 or more years of a college or university 14
71		-	curriculum in engineering that the Board approves, it may allow, for each of those years, a 15
72		-	1–year credit towards the experience requirement of paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection. 16
	73	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take e ffect 17
	74	+	October 1, 2025. 18
73	75
74		-	(3) If an applicant has completed 1 or more years of a college or university 17
75		-	curriculum in engineering that has not been approved by the Board, the Board may allow, 18
76		-	for each of those years, a credit of up to 6 months towards the experience requirement under 19
77		-	paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection. 20
78		-
79		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21
80		-	October 1, 2025. 22
81		-
82		-
83		-
84		-
85		-	Approved:
86		-	________________________________________________________________________________
87		-	Governor.
88		-	________________________________________________________________________________
89		-	President of the Senate.
90		-	________________________________________________________________________________
91		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.