Vermont Will Try Again on Licensure Law

HB 689/SB 210 is the Vermont practice act to establish a new law regulating the practice of landscape architecture in the state and restrict the use of the title ?EUR??,,????'??landscape architect.?EUR??,,????'?? The bill was referred to the House government operations committee in Feb. 2004 and to the Senate government operations committee in Jan. 2004. The bill died in both legislatures.

Jim Donovan, senior landscape architect with Wilbur Smith Associates, told LASN at the ASLA Expo in Salt Lake City that the bill is ready for another go-around. Mr. Donovan oversees licensure matters for the Vermont ASLA chapter. He indicated that the wording has been amended to make the bill agreeable to the engineering community, and feels optimistic about the passage of the bill in 2005.