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Committee defers bill that would let planning-review experience qualify applicants to sit for engineering exam
Summary
The House Committee on Labor deferred HB 1720 after testimony from the Department of Planning and Permitting arguing plan-review experience should count toward eligibility to sit for the professional-engineer exam and opposition from engineering boards and firms who warned it could lower licensure standards.
The House Committee on Labor deferred HB 1720 on Feb. 19 after extensive testimony and follow-up questioning about whether planning-review work performed by municipal permitting staff should count toward professional-engineer licensure.
Supporters from the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting told the committee that DPP engineers regularly perform plan review for projects such as affordable housing and face severe recruitment and retention challenges. A DPP representative said the change "qualifies as…
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