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Senate advances licensing changes for structural engineering after amendment

Utah State Senate · February 26, 2008
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Summary

Senate Bill 200, which narrows the definition of structural engineering and restricts professional engineers from practicing in certain high-risk structures, was amended on the floor (threshold change) and advanced after debate about safety and equity; vote recorded 23 yes, 2 no, 4 absent.

Senate Bill 200, titled Professional Engineers Licensing Amendments, received floor debate, an agreed amendment and a roll-call vote to advance. Sen. Fife summarized the bill as clarifying distinctions between the practice of professional engineering and structural engineering and said the bill would limit structural engineering practice to "significant structures"…

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