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HB 306 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the licensing of professional engineers.

Summary
Amend KRS 322.040 to allow an individual to qualify for licensure as a professional engineer if he or she has graduated from a fire protection engineering technology program of four years or more accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered and reorganized to clarify licensure pathways for engineering instructors. Key changes include adding a new subsection requiring instructors to demonstrate competency in fire protection engineering, modifying experience requirements to specify semester credit hours for engineering topics, and creating a new administrative regulation requirement for evaluating engineering science and design course experience.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly includes fire protection engineering as a licensure pathway for instructors and clarifies experience requirements for engineering education programs.
ELIGIBILITY

Added requirement for instructors to demonstrate competency in fire protection engineering as a separate licensure pathway

REQUIREMENT

Changed experience requirement from 'years of progressive experience' to 'semester credit hours of engineering topics, including engineering science or engineering design courses'

Added new subsection requiring board to establish administrative regulations for evaluating engineering science and design course experience

TECHNICAL

Reorganized bill structure and renumbered sections for clarity

Updated document header information to reflect new bill number and version

Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 60)
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-0
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
to Licensing & Occupations (S)
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 96-1 with Floor Amendment (1)
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.