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Committee advances bill to require California‑licensed experts for design‑professional certificates of merit
Assembly Judiciary Committee (California State Assembly) · April 28, 2026
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Summary
AB 21 06 would require certificates of merit in design‑professional litigation to be authored by California‑licensed experts and extend the certificate requirement to landscape architects; the committee passed it as amended and sent it on for further review.
Assemblymember Patel presented AB 21 06, which would tighten the certificate‑of‑merit process for lawsuits against architects, engineers and landscape architects by requiring that the independent expert consulted be licensed in California. Proponents said out‑of‑state experts unfamiliar…
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