IL HB2636

Upgrades landscape architecture from registration to full licensure in Illinois, effective December 31, 2009, establishing it as a regulated profession affecting public health, safety, and welfare.

Replaces all references to "registration" with "licensure" and "Director of Professional Regulation" with "Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation" throughout the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989.

Requires licensed landscape architects to display licenses, maintain seals on technical submissions, and comply with continuing education requirements of at least 6 hours per year for renewal or restoration.

Excludes general contractors, landscape designers, nurserymen, gardeners, and other unregulated professionals from the Act's requirements while clarifying landscape architects cannot practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying.

Changes the sunset date for the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2020, and adds landscape architects to the definition of "design professional" in the Professional Engineering Practice Act.