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Committee passes licensure rewrite for engineers and surveyors; expands recommenders and lengthens terms
Summary
Senate Bill 2706 reorganizes engineering and surveying licensure law, allows more associations to recommend appointments to the governor, staggers six-year terms, and bars board membership for those with discipline in the prior 10 years; committee approved the committee substitute.
Stephen Clay, representing engineering interests, told the committee Senate Bill 2706 largely moves current law into clearer sections and changes appointment mechanics. Clay said the bill opens the list of associations that can recommend governor appointments, staggers member terms at six years, and prohibits anyone with a disciplinary action in the last 10 years from serving on the board.
Committee members asked whether the change weakened legislative consent or continuity across legislative sessions; Clay and the chair said the measure is intended to improve board experience through longer, staggered terms. The committee passed the substitute and advanced the bill.
