New Hampshire HB 1060: relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

Bill Text

HB 1060-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2788.0

 09/08

HOUSE BILL 1060-FN

AN ACT relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

SPONSORS: Rep. Barton, Graf. 1; Rep. R. Brown, Carr. 8; Rep. Harrington, Straf. 18; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill removes the requirement for licensure as an engineer that the 10 years of accumulated engineering experience be under the direction of a licensed professional engineer. This bill further removes that the education or experience required be satisfactory to the board of professional engineers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2788.0

 09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Professional Engineers; General Requirements for Licensure. Amend RSA 310-A:12, II to read as follows:

 II. Applicants who have the minimum of a bachelor of science degree, or the equivalent, from an ABET or other accredited 4-year institution in an engineering curriculum and more than 10 years of accumulated engineering experience in the practice of engineering, regardless of whether such experience was under the direction of a licensed professional engineer [and satisfactory to the board] may apply to sit for the professional engineers examination. Such an applicant may request a waiver of the fundamentals of engineering examination. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 LBA

 26-2788

 10/20/25

HB 1060-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.

FISCAL IMPACT:

 The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2029.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

 Office of Professional Licensure and Certification