On September 29, NSPE President Harve Hnatiuk, P.E., F.NSPE, sent a letter to the Pennsylvania House Committee on Professional Licensure to comment on a bill (HB 1447) that could repeal Pennsylvania’s industrial exemption. Hnatiuk wrote: “This hearing presents an opportunity to address the need to amend P.L. 913, No. 367, to remove exemptions from licensure and regulation that allow unlicensed individuals to engage in the practice of engineering that could impact the public health, safety and welfare…. NSPE recommends the phasing out of existing industrial exemptions in state licensing laws.” The bill is set to be heard by the committee on October 8. Read the complete letter.