STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5051 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to an accredited engi- neering technology degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2021, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (2) Education: have received an education, including a bachelor's or 5 higher degree based on a program in engineering, an accredited engineer- 6 ing technology degree, or the substantial equivalent, in accordance with 7 the commissioner's regulations; 8 § 2. Section 7206 of the education law is amended by adding a new 9 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 10 5. For the purposes of this section, an applicant with a bachelor's 11 degree or higher in engineering technology and an applicant with a bach- 12 elor's degree or higher in engineering shall have the same number of 13 education and experience credit requirements, shall have the same eligi- 14 bility for an identification card as an "engineer in training", as well 15 as examination and examination eligibility requirements, in accordance 16 with the commissioner's regulations. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 18 it shall have become a law and shall apply to applications for licensure 19 as a professional engineer received on or after such effective date. 20 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule 21 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec- 22 tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such 23 effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02685-01-3