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HB1182

Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Baxter Ennis (R)

Session:
2024 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists; professional wetland delineator certification requirements.

Replaces the requirement that an applicant with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field have four years of relevant experience to be certified as a professional wetland delineator with three years of such experience. For applicants seeking certification through experience, the bill reduces to three years the required experience that the applicant must have in wetland science research or as a teacher of wetlands curriculum in an accredited institution of higher education in order to be certified. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/10/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102123D
  • 01/10/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
  • 01/26/2024 - House: Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
  • 01/29/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1182)
  • 02/08/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/08/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2024 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107393D-H1
  • 02/11/2024 - House: Read first time
  • 02/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1182H1)
  • 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time
  • 02/12/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107393D-H1
  • 02/12/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1182H1
  • 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  • 02/28/2024 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
  • 03/01/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/04/2024 - Senate: Read third time
  • 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 03/08/2024 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/08/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1182ER)
  • 03/08/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1182ER)
  • 03/08/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/09/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
  • 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
  • 04/05/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (effective 7/1/24)
  • 04/05/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)