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NY S06482

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lea Webb

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Allows applicants to substitute 12 years of practical experience for the degree and experience requirements for professional geologist licensure, if they apply within two years of the law's effective date
  • Permits each full year of geology study to count for up to two years of the required 12 years of practical experience, at the board's discretion
  • Renames the "intern geologist" identification card to "geologist in training"
  • Allows applicants within 20 credits of completing their bachelor's degree to be admitted to the geologist in training examination
  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for necessary rule and regulation changes

Legislative Description

Provides that the education requirements to be licensed as a professional geologist may be partially substituted by practical experience; relates to the issuance of an identification card as a geologist in training.

Last Action

ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Higher Education1/7/2026
Higher Education5/22/2025
Higher Education3/14/2025

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