PRINTER'S NO. 165
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.215
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BAKER AND ROTHMAN, FEBRUARY 3, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 3, 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 exemption from licensure and
registration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5(d) of the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913,
No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist
Registration Law, is amended and the section is amended by
adding subsections to read:
Section 5. Exemption from Licensure and Registration.--
Except as specifically provided in this section, this act shall
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25 not be construed to require licensure and registration in the
following cases:
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(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this
section, the practice of engineering or land surveying by a
regular employe, contractor or agent of a public utility
company, as defined by the Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S. § 101
et seq.) in connection with the facilities of such public
utility, which are subject to regulation by the Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission: Provided, That such public utility
shall employ at least one professional engineer, as defined in
this act, who shall be in responsible charge of such utility's
engineering work and shall employ at least one professional land
surveyor, as defined in this act, who shall be in responsible
charge of such utility's land surveying;
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(f.1) The practice of engineering or land surveying by a
regular employe, contractor or agent of an electric cooperative
corporation, as defined in 15 Pa.C.S. § 7302(a) (relating to
application of chapter), in connection with the facilities of
the electric cooperative corporation, provided that the electric
cooperative corporation or agent thereof either shall employ at
least one professional engineer or professional land surveyor or
belong to a Pennsylvania electric cooperative association that
employs a professional engineer or professional land surveyor.
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(l) The practice of engineering, land surveying or geology
work by a regular employe, contractor or agent of a provider of
cable service, voice over Internet protocol service, broadband
Internet access service or any other service delivered over a
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30 cable system, a provider of enhanced telecommunications services
or a provider of telecommunications services, if those services
are not connected with or incidental to engineering, land
surveying or geology services rendered by the provider.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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