Bill Text: IL SB2909 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Requires the rules the Department of Financial and Professional Regulations adopts as to what constitutes a professional engineering or related science curriculum to include bachelor degree programs in engineering technology as professional engineering or related science curriculum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-15 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2909 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2909-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2909 Introduced 1/26/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 325/5 from Ch. 111, par. 5205
Amends the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Requires the rules the Department of Financial and Professional Regulations adopts as to what constitutes a professional engineering or related science curriculum to include bachelor degree programs in engineering technology as professional engineering or related science curriculum.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of
1989 is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 325/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 5205)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. The
Department shall exercise, subject to the provisions of this
Act, the following functions, powers, and duties:
(a) Authorize examinations to ascertain the fitness
and qualifications of applicants for licensure and pass
upon the qualifications and fitness of applicants for
licensure by endorsement.
(b) Adopt rules required for the administration of
this Act.
(c) Conduct hearings on proceedings to refuse to issue
or renew, restore, revoke, or suspend licenses or place on
probation or reprimand persons or entities licensed under
the provisions of this Act.
(d) Issue licenses to those who meet the requirements
of this Act.
(e) Adopt rules as to what shall constitute a

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professional engineering or related science curriculum.
Rules adopted by the Department shall accept bachelor
degree programs in engineering technology as professional
engineering or related science curriculum.
(f) Adopt rules for what constitutes professional
engineering experience.
(g) Maintain membership in the National Council of
Examiners for Engineering and Surveying and participate in
activities of the Council by designation of individuals
for the various classifications of membership, the
appointment of delegates for attendance at zone and
national meetings of the Council, and the funding of the
delegates for attendance at the meetings of the Council.
(h) Adopt rules for standards of professional conduct.
(i) Obtain written recommendations from the Board
regarding qualifications of individuals for licensure and
enrollment, definitions of curriculum content and approval
of engineering curricula, standards of professional
conduct and formal disciplinary actions, and the adoption
of the rules affecting these matters.
Upon the issuance of any final decision or order that
deviates from any report or recommendation of the Board
relating to the qualification of applicants, discipline of
licensees or registrants, or adoption of rules, the
Secretary shall notify the Board on any such deviation and
shall specify with particularity the reasons for the

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