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 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 97 Nays 0
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
LAURIE JINKINS State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of certify that the attached is
Representatives SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1880 as
passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate February 28,
2024
Yeas 49 Nays 0 BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Approved March 13, 2024 1:46 PM FILED
March 14, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1880
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By House Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by
Representatives McClintock, Duerr, Ryu, Leavitt, Waters, Reed,
Cheney, and Reeves)
READ FIRST TIME 01/15/24.
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.
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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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 18.08.360
Substitute Bill: 18.08.360
Bill as Passed Legislature: 18.08.360
Session Law: 18.08.360