Senate Sponsors: BURZYNSKI. House Sponsors: SAVIANO-NOVAK-BERNS Short description: PROFESSNL ENGINEERING PRACTICE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Professional Engineering Practice Act. Adds "engineer- ing program" to the definition of "approved engineering curriculum". Provides that the Department shall publish and distribute a newslet- ter, at least semi-annually, to licensees registered under the Act. Permits (instead of requiring) partial credit to be given to part-time students taking fewer than 12 hours per semester or 8 hours per quar- ter and having full-time engineering experience. Provides that the Department may issue a rule of intent to deny licensure or enrollment if an applicant files an application containing material misstatements of information or misrepresentations. Provides that the licensing examination will be offered in Software Engineering on or before January 1, 2005. Provides that teaching engineering at an engineering college at a rank of instructor or above is considered experience for the purposes of educational credit. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the original bill and additions as follows. Provides that the Department of Pro- fessional Regulation may post the annual newsletter on its website instead of publishing it. Requires the Department to describe the most recent changes in the Act and the rules adopted under the Act in the newsletter. Provides that the newsletter shall contain information of any final disciplinary action ordered under the Act since the date of the last newsletter. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0145 Last action date: JUL-24-2001 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status