New York 2025 Session Status: Passed Senate

S6482 — Relates to license requirements for professional geologists; repealer

Last action — Passed Assembly

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced March 14, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Assembly.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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In plain language

Allows practical experience to substitute for some educational requirements for geologists' licensing.

The bill permits individuals to use practical experience as a partial substitute for educational qualifications needed to become licensed professional geologists. It also addresses the issuance of identification cards for geology trainees.

Summary

Provides that the education requirements to be licensed as a professional geologist may be partially substituted by practical experience; relates to the issuance of an identification card as a geologist in training.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. RETURNED TO SENATE

  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY

  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.143

  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A5622

  5. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. PASSED SENATE

  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  9. 2ND REPORT CAL.

  10. 1ST REPORT CAL.519

  11. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

  12. RETURNED TO SENATE

  13. DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  14. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.566

  15. SUBSTITUTED FOR A5622

  16. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

  17. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  18. PASSED SENATE

  19. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  20. 2ND REPORT CAL.

  21. 1ST REPORT CAL.902

  22. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does S6482 do?
Provides that the education requirements to be licensed as a professional geologist may be partially substituted by practical experience; relates to the issuance of an identification card as a geologist in training.
Who sponsors S6482?
S6482 is sponsored by Lea Webb.
What is the current status of S6482?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced March 14, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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