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2024 SESSION

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HB 1182 Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.

Introduced by: N. Baxter Ennis | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists; professional wetland delineator certification requirements. Replaces the requirement that an applicant with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field have four years of relevant experience to be certified as a professional wetland delineator with three years of such experience. For applicants seeking certification through experience, the bill reduces to three years the required experience that the applicant must have in wetland science research or as a teacher of wetlands curriculum in an accredited institution of higher education in order to be certified.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102123D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107393D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1182ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/10/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102123D
• 01/10/24  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/26/24  House: Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
• 02/08/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107393D-H1
• 02/11/24  House: Read first time
• 02/12/24  House: Read second time
• 02/12/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107393D-H1
• 02/12/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1182H1
• 02/13/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/28/24  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/24  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/08/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1182ER)
• 03/08/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/05/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/05/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)