Roll Call: IL SB0654 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Restores language granting the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation the power to obtain written recommendations from the State Board of Professional Engineers regarding qualifications of individuals for licensure and enrollment, definitions of curriculum content and approval of engineering curricula, standards of professional conduct and formal disciplinary actions, and the adoption of the rules affecting these matters. Provides that, upon the issuance of any final decision or order that deviates from any report or recommendation of the Board relating to the qualification of applicants, discipline of licensees or registrants, or adoption of rules, the Secretary shall notify the Board on any such deviation and shall specify with particularity the reasons for the action in the final decision or order (and makes similar changes in other provisions of the Act). Provides that members of the Board shall (rather than may) be reimbursed for all legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses. Requires the Board to submit to the Secretary a written recommendation of acceptability of a curriculum. Restores language requiring that all technical submissions prepared by or under the personal supervision of a professional engineer bear that professional engineer's seal, signature, and license expiration date and that the licensee's written signature and date of signing, along with the date of license expiration, be placed adjacent to the seal. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0310 [SB0654 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Restores language granting the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation the power to obtain written recommendations from the State Board of Professional Engineers regarding qualifications of individuals for licensure and enrollment, definitions of curriculum content and approval of engineering curricula, standards of professional conduct and formal disciplinary actions, and the adoption of the rules affecting these matters. Provides that, upon the issuance of any final decision or order that deviates from any report or recommendation of the Board relating to the qualification of applicants, discipline of licensees or registrants, or adoption of rules, the Secretary shall notify the Board on any such deviation and shall specify with particularity the reasons for the action in the final decision or order (and makes similar changes in other provisions of the Act). Provides that members of the Board shall (rather than may) be reimbursed for all legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses. Requires the Board to submit to the Secretary a written recommendation of acceptability of a curriculum. Restores language requiring that all technical submissions prepared by or under the personal supervision of a professional engineer bear that professional engineer's seal, signature, and license expiration date and that the licensee's written signature and date of signing, along with the date of license expiration, be placed adjacent to the seal. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0310 [SB0654 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Vote: Concurrence in Senate
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 58 | 40 | 18 |
| Nay | - | - | - |
| Not Voting | 1 | - | 1 |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 59 | 40 | 19 |
