Pennsylvania HB 2302: An Act amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), known as the Crane Operator Licensure Act, further providing for title of act; in preliminary provisions, further providing for short title and for definitions and providing for applicability; in State Board of Crane Operators, further providing for board and for powers and duties of board; in licensure, further providing for licensure, for qualifications, for duration of license, for reporting of multiple licensure and for license without certification and providing for qualifications for licensure as well driller, for legacy well drillers, for examination for licensure as well driller, for bonding and insurance for well drillers, for continuing education for well drillers, for professional standards and industry regulations for well drilling, for additional reporting requirements for well drillers, for sampling, for well driller license identification and for drilling company and rig registration; in administration and enforcement, further providing for violation of act, for refusal, suspension or revocation of license and for temporary and automatic suspensions; and making a repeal.

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3025, 3353 PRINTER'S NO. 3364
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2302
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY TAKAC, MOUL, VENKAT, BURGOS, HILL-EVANS, FLEMING,
GUZMAN, MALAGARI, RIVERA, GUENST, SANCHEZ, MAYES, CIRESI,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, VITALI, McNEILL, PIELLI AND T. DAVIS,
MARCH 18, 2026
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 6, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), entitled
"An act relating to crane operator licensure; establishing
the State Board of Crane Operators; conferring powers and
imposing duties relative to regulating the practice of crane
operation; imposing penalties; and making an appropriation,"
further providing for title of act; in preliminary
provisions, further providing for short title and for
definitions and providing for applicability; in State Board
of Crane Operators, further providing for board and for
powers and duties of board; in licensure, further providing
for licensure, for qualifications, for duration of license,
for reporting of multiple licensure and for license without
certification and providing for qualifications for licensure
as well driller, for grandfathering for LEGACY well drillers,
for examination for licensure as well driller, for bonding
and insurance for well drillers, for continuing education for
well drillers, for professional standards and industry
regulations for well drilling, for additional reporting
requirements for well drillers, for sampling, for well
driller license identification and for drilling company and
rig registration; in administration and enforcement, further
providing for violation of act, for refusal, suspension or
revocation of license and for temporary and automatic
suspensions; and making a repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title and section 101 of the act of October
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9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), known as the Crane Operator
Licensure Act, are amended to read:
AN ACT
Relating to crane operator licensure; establishing the State
Board of Crane Operators and Well Drillers; conferring powers
and imposing duties relative to regulating the practice of
crane operation and well drilling; imposing penalties; and
making an appropriation.
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Crane
Operator and Well Driller Licensure Act.
Section 2. The definitions of "board," "certification,"
"crane operator," "immediate supervision" and "trainee" in
section 102 of the act are amended and the section is amended by
adding definitions to read:
Section 102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Board." The State Board of Crane Operators and Well
Drillers.
"Certification." [Certification from the National Commission
for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) or another
organization found by the State Board of Crane Operators to
offer an equivalent testing and certification program meeting
the applicable requirements of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers ASME B30.5 as relating to mobile cranes,
ASME B30.3 or the requirements of ASME B30.4 as relating to
tower cranes and the accreditation requirements of the National
Commission for Certifying Agencies or the American National
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Standards Institute.] Any of the following:
(1) A certification from the National Commission for the
Certification of Crane Operators or another organization
found by the board to offer an equivalent testing and
certification program that meets:
(i) the applicable requirements of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME B30.5 as relating to
mobile cranes, ASME B30.3 or ASME B30.4 as relating to
tower cranes; and
(ii) the accreditation requirements of the National
Commission for Certifying Agencies or the American
National Standards Institute.
(2) A certification from the National Groundwater
Association or another organization found by the board to
offer an equivalent testing and certification program that
meets applicable requirements relating to drilling methods,
operation of drilling equipment, well design and
construction, identification of geological formations,
operation and maintenance of pumping systems and other
applicable skills relating to well drilling.
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"Crane operator." An individual licensed by the State Board
of Crane Operators and Well Drillers to operate a crane.
"Decommissioning." The process of sealing and permanently
closing an inactive, abandoned or unusable water well,
geotechnical well, geothermal well or environmental well.
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"Environmental well." A cased excavation or opening into the
ground created by digging, boring, dri