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Panel approves bill allowing engineering candidates to take PE exam earlier without reducing experience requirements
Summary
Senate Bill 125 would let candidates for professional engineering licensure take the PE exam immediately after completing academic coursework rather than after accumulating years of field experience; the subcommittee advanced the bill to the full committee by voice vote.
Senate Bill 125 (LC 469001) was presented to the Occupation and Professional Licensing Subcommittee as legislation to "decouple" the timing of the professional engineering (PE) exam from the completion of required field experience. The subcommittee voted to advance the bill to the full Committee on Regulated Industries.
The presenter explained that under current practice engineering candidates complete academic requirements, take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, then accumulate several years of field experience before taking the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam. The bill would allow candidates to take the PE exam earlier—soon after finishing academic coursework and the FE exam—while preserving the existing field‑experience requirements needed for final licensure.
According to the presenter, permitting earlier exam timing is intended to improve pass rates and help produce more licensed engineers to meet demand as the state grows. The presenter emphasized that SB 125 "does not, reduce any of the field experience requirements, to get their final license. It just reorders when they can take the PE exam." The bill was described as affecting licensure timing rather than changing experience or competency standards.
There were no public witnesses recorded on the transcript. A motion to "do pass" was made and seconded, and the subcommittee advanced SB 125 to the full committee by voice vote. The transcript records the procedural vote but does not contain a roll‑call tally or identify the members who moved or seconded the motion.
