HB 669 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Landscape architects; authorize to participate with multi-disciplinary engineer and architecture firms.

HB 669 amends Mississippi's architectural licensing laws to allow multi-disciplinary firms combining architects, landscape architects, and engineers to operate. The key requirement is that at least one active member or stockholder must hold a valid Mississippi architecture license, and firms including landscape architects must have at least two-thirds of ownership held by licensed architects or engineers. The bill also mandates that such firms disclose the name of a licensed architect and use accurate business titles (e.g., "architects and landscape architects") on all materials. These changes will take effect on July 1, 2025.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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As Introduced Current version · 10 edits
MAJOR
This bill amends Mississippi's architectural licensing laws to allow multi-disciplinary firms that include architects, landscape architects, and engineers, provided at least one active member holds an architecture license in Mississippi. It clarifies ownership requirements, advertising rules, and liability protections for these combined professional practices.
Scope change
Expanded to explicitly permit firms combining architects with landscape architects and engineers, previously not clearly authorized under Mississippi law.
ELIGIBILITY

Added explicit authorization for multi-disciplinary firms to include architects, landscape architects, and engineers together as long as one active member holds an architecture certificate in Mississippi.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that foreign or domestic business entities must have at least one active member or stockholder holding a certificate to practice architecture in Mississippi.

Added requirement that stock companies, corporations, or professional limited liability companies must be professional corporations or professional limited liability companies to advertise as architects.

Updated advertising and disclosure rules to require clear indication of each member's registration status and disclosure of at least one architect licensed in Mississippi.

Established ownership limits for landscape architects in multi-disciplinary firms (no more than one-third ownership interest, minimum two-thirds must be architects or engineers).

Added requirement for responsible control by an architect registered in Mississippi over architectural services contracted by the business entity.

Added requirement for business entities to furnish the board with information about organization, ownership, and activities.

EXEMPTIONS

Updated exemptions to include employees acting under instruction, control, or supervision of licensed architects.

ENFORCEMENT

Reaffirmed that failure to post architecture certificates in prominent locations is cause for certificate revocation.

TIMELINE

Added effective date of July 1, 2025.

Floor votes · House Feb 13, 2025

How they voted

1090
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 119
Feb 13, 2025
D Democratic39
36 Yea 3
92% Yea
I Independent2
1 Yea 1
50% Yea
R Republican78
72 Yea 6
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
Referred To Business and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Sam Creekmore
RRepublican
MS
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