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                           PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 881

                                                 HOUSE BILL NO. 2130

                                By Representatives Tim Hicks, Vital, Pearson

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2447

                                                   By Senator Powers

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 62, Chapter 2, Part 4,
relative to certificates of registration for engineers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-2-401 (a), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:

                    (5) Graduation from Engineering Technology Curriculum, Experience, and
          Examination. A graduate of an ABET ETAC accredited engineering technology
          curriculum of four (4). years or more who is approved by the board as being of
          satisfactory standing; who submits written professional references from three (3)
          engineers currently registered in this state who are in good standing with the board; and
         who passes an examination prepared by the National Council of Examiners for
          Engineering and Surveying involving the fundamentals of engineering, must be admitted
         to an examination prepared by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and
          Surveying in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon passing the examinations
          and with a specific record of eight (8) years or more of progressive experience on
          engineering projects under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer of a
          grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to
          practice engineering, the applicant must be granted a certificate of registration to
          practice engineering in this state; provided, that the applicant is otherwise qualified.

          SECTION 2. For the purpose of promulgating rules, this act takes effect upon becoming
a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes effect July 1, 2026,
the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 2130

PASSED:  April 9, 2026

                                      CAMERoiq-sEXTON,SPEAKER
                                      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                                   RANDY MCNAL~
                                      SPEAKER OF THE SENAT

Apr;, APPROVED this 'JJ-f.O.. day of  2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR