Bill Text - HB1060 (2026)

Relative to the requirements for licensure as an engineer.


Revision: Nov. 12, 2025, 12:02 p.m.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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