WSR 26-01-081
AGENDA
BOARD OF REGISTRATION
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
AND LAND SURVEYORS
[Filed December 15, 2025, 7:25 a.m.]
Semi-Annual Rules Development Agenda
January - June 2026
WAC Chapter or Section
Status
Purpose of Rule Being Developed or Amended
196-12
Registered professional engineers
CR-101 filed
Amend/clarify requirements to become licensed as a professional engineer. Amendments to retirement status requirements are also being considered. 
196-16
Registered professional land surveyors
CR-101 filed
Amend/clarify requirements to become licensed as a professional land surveyor, including language implementing changes to RCW 18.43.100, and amend language that is no longer effective or needs to be rewritten. Also, amendments to language regarding professional development hours.
196-26A
Fees
CR-101 pending
Standardizing the application fee for professional engineers, including structural, applying for licensure. 
 
Additional rule development activity not on the agenda may occur as conditions warrant.
If you have questions about this rule development agenda, contact Shanan Gillespie, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 9025, Olympia, WA 98507-9025, email shanan.gillespie@brpels.wa.gov.
Shanan Gillespie
Rules Coordinator