Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 03, 2021 | signed chap.578 |
Oct 22, 2021 | delivered to governor |
Jun 02, 2021 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.268 substituted for a7604 |
Jun 01, 2021 | referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 24, 2021 | ordered to third reading cal.1307 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 17, 2021 | referred to higher education |
senate Bill S6783
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
Jeremy A. Cooney
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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S6783 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7604
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7308, Ed L
S6783 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to mandatory continuing education for architects; removes exemption from mandatory continuing education requirements for the triennial registration period when an architect is first licensed; allows no more than six continuing education hours taken during one triennium may be transferred to a subsequent triennium; makes related provisions.
S6783 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6783 SPONSOR: COONEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory continuing education for architects PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To update the continuing education law for architects. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 7308 of the education law to remove the continuing education exemption for new licensees. In addi- tion, this section will allow the State Education Department (SED)to provide an adjustment or full exemption from continuing education for good cause. Section 2 amends subdivision 2 of section 7308 of the education law to
S6783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6783 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 17, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to mandatory continuing education for architects THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 7308 of the education law, as added by chapter 521 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: (b) [Architects shall be exempt from the mandatory continuing educa- tion requirement for the triennial registration period during which they are first licensed.] In accord with the intent of this section, AN adjustment AND/OR EXEMPTION to the mandatory continuing education requirement may be granted by the department for reasons of health certified by an appropriate health care professional, for extended active duty with the armed forces of the United States, or for other good cause acceptable to the department which may prevent compliance. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 7308 of the education law, as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 2. During each triennial registration period an applicant for regis- tration shall complete a minimum of thirty-six hours of acceptable continuing education, as specified in subdivision four of this section, provided that a minimum of twenty-four hours of such continuing educa- tion shall be in the areas of health, safety and welfare. [Up to one- half of the total hours of continuing education may consist of non- course activities.] Any architect whose first registration date following the effective date of this section occurs less than three years from such effective date, but on or after January first, two thou- sand one, shall complete continuing education hours on a prorated basis at the rate of one hour per month for the period beginning January first, two thousand up to the first registration date thereafter. A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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