CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1880
Chapter 49, Laws of 2024
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
ARCHITECT LICENSING—EXAMINATION TIMELINE
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
Passed by the House January 31, 2024 Yeas 97 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 28, 2024 Yeas 49 Nays 0 DENNY HECK
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1880 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved March 13, 2024 1:46 PM | FILED March 14, 2024 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1880
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2024 Regular Session |
ByHouse Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by Representatives McClintock, Duerr, Ryu, Leavitt, Waters, Reed, Cheney, and Reeves)
READ FIRST TIME 01/15/24.
AN ACT Relating to architecture licensing examinations; amending RCW
18.08.360; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
18.08.360 and 2019 c 67 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The examination for an architect's certificate of registration shall be held at least annually at such time and place as the board determines.
(2) The board shall determine the content, scope, and grading process of the examination. The board may adopt an appropriate national examination and grading procedure.
(3) Applicants who fail to pass any section of the examination shall be permitted to retake the parts failed as prescribed by the board. Applicants ((have five years from the date of the first passed examination section to pass all remaining sections. If the entire examination is not successfully completed within five years, any sections that were passed more than five years prior must be retaken. If a candidate fails to pass all remaining sections within the initial five-year period, the candidate is given a new five-year period from the date of the second oldest passed section. All sections of the examination must be passed within a single five-year period for the applicant to be deemed to have passed the complete examination))shall pass all sections of the examination as prescribed by the board.
(4) Applicants for registration may begin taking the examination upon enrollment in a structured training program as approved by the board.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2024.
Passed by the House January 31, 2024.
Passed by the Senate February 28, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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