S-3979.1
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5794
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Senate Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators King,
Keiser, and Nobles)
READ FIRST TIME 01/17/24.
1 AN ACT Relating to architecture licensing examinations; amending
2 RCW 18.08.360; and providing an effective date.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 Sec. 1. RCW 18.08.360 and 2019 c 67 s 4 are each amended to read
5 as follows:
6 (1) The examination for an architect's certificate of
7 registration shall be held at least annually at such time and place
8 as the board determines.
9 (2) The board shall determine the content, scope, and grading
10 process of the examination. The board may adopt an appropriate
11 national examination and grading procedure.
12 (3) Applicants who fail to pass any section of the examination
13 shall be permitted to retake the parts failed as prescribed by the
14 board. Applicants ((have five years from the date of the first passed
15 examination section to pass all remaining sections. If the entire
16 examination is not successfully completed within five years, any
17 sections that were passed more than five years prior must be retaken.
18 If a candidate fails to pass all remaining sections within the
19 initial five-year period, the candidate is given a new five-year
20 period from the date of the second oldest passed section. All
21 sections of the examination must be passed within a single five-year
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1 period for the applicant to be deemed to have passed the complete
2 examination)) shall pass all sections of the examination as
3 prescribed by the board.
4 (4) Applicants for registration may begin taking the examination
5 upon enrollment in a structured training program as approved by the
6 board.
7 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 18.08.360
Substitute Bill: 18.08.360