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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 1281   </title>
<shortdesc>PROF ENGINEERING-APPLICATN-DEF</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Angelo Saviano</sponsors>
<sponsorhead2>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead2><altsponsors>(Sen. John M. Sullivan)</altsponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>225 ILCS 325/3</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 111, par. 5203</aliasreference><reference>225 ILCS 325/4</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 111, par. 5204</aliasreference><reference>225 ILCS 325/8</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 111, par. 5208</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that the exemption from the Act of services performed by employees of a business organization engaged in utility, industrial, or manufacturing operations, or by employees of laboratory research affiliates of such business organization, that are rendered in connection with the fabrication or production, sale, and installation of products, systems, or non-engineering services of the business organization or its affiliates does not extend to the construction, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of infrastructure, utility systems, or manufacturing processes of the business organization on its property, or on public property or rights of way where such work may impact the health, safety, or welfare of the public or business organization employees. Removes provisions exempting from the Act the services, for private use, of contractors or owners in the construction of engineering works or the installation of equipment. Provides that examples of "professional engineering practice" include fire protection systems and control systems. Removes the Test of Spoken English (TSE) from the group of tests that an applicant for licensure who graduated from an engineering program outside the United States or its territories and whose first language is not English may submit certification of passage of to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Amendment No. 1</synopsistitle>
<reftype>Deletes reference to:</reftype><reference>225 ILCS 325/3</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 111, par. 5203</aliasreference><reference>225 ILCS 325/4</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 111, par. 5204</aliasreference><SynopsisText>Deletes everything after the enacting clause and reinserts only the following provisions from the introduced bill. Removes the Test of Spoken English (TSE) from the group of tests that an applicant for licensure who graduated from an engineering program outside the United States or its territories and whose first language is not English must submit certification of passage of to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/15/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/22/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Registration and Regulation Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Registration and Regulation Committee;  by Voice Vote</action>
<statusdate>3/14/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee;  018-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/17/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/17/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/19/2007</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-002-000</action>
<statusdate>4/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Arrive in Senate</action>
<statusdate>4/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2007</action>
<statusdate>5/1/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan</action>
<statusdate>5/2/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>5/2/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Rules</action>
<statusdate>5/3/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Licensed Activities</action>
<statusdate>5/11/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules</action>
<statusdate>5/15/2008</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008;  Substantive House Bills Out of Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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