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WA SB5090

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Marko Liias

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Updates the Washington State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors by changing "executive director" to "director" and removing obsolete transitional language from 1986

  • Expands pro tem board member provisions to allow up to three individuals (increased from two), with appointments lasting up to 180 days and requiring five years of licensure immediately prior to appointment

  • Removes outdated waiver provisions for structural engineering registration that expired December 31, 2010, and eliminates obsolete grandfather clauses from 1996

  • Changes registration fee descriptions from covering "examination" costs to "application processing" costs, and allows the board to determine certificate validity periods rather than requiring fixed December expiration dates

  • Renames the "professional engineers' account" to the "board's account" and removes obsolete language allowing fund transfers to the general fund during 2013-2017 fiscal biennia

Legislative Description

Updating the professional engineers' registration act.

Last Action

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules2/10/2025
Labor & Commerce1/13/2025

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