House bill 4913 would let apprentices count toward architects' licensure experience

Oct 20, 2025

Speaker testimony split over House Bill 4913, which would allow apprenticeships to satisfy part of the professional experience requirement for architecture licensure; sponsors say degrees and exams remain required, architecture groups warn the bill lacks detail.

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House Bill 4913 would amend section 2004 of Michigan's Occupational Code of 1980 to allow documented apprenticeships to satisfy the professional-experience requirement for architect licensure while keeping existing degree and examination requirements.

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