republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-129.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS."
description: "This Act modifies Section 2803 to add definitions for negligence, misconduct and incompetence. These new definitions will provide greater clarity and guidance for the Council of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers in determining whether a licensee is subject to discipline. Section 2817(a)(7) has been amended by striking the requirement that an applicant who fails the Principles and Practice of Engineering examination four times must go through additional steps before taking the examination another time. Eliminating this requirement will remove unnecessary barriers to licensure. Further, Section 2823 has been amended to add “negligence” and “pattern of negligence” as grounds for discipline. These changes will ensure that discipline is imposed for conduct that poses a risk to the public. This Act adds a definition for “successor professional engineer” and a new Section 2832 to delineate the acceptable parameters for a successor engineer’s reuse or adoption of work performed by another engineer. These revisions will both inform licensees of the permissible use of another engineer’s work and ensure that the recipient of services can identify the responsible engineer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Delaware HB 129 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "Kendra Johnson", "Michael Ramone", "Ronald E. Gray", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-25"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be8ed62-e272-4e86-9d2d-19a44a95816e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130239"
source_hash: "dd43855c713df58ce467b7a25d69b00b395805be6e70c503d44cae9c90e58711"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 129 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.

This Act modifies Section 2803 to add definitions for negligence, misconduct and incompetence. These new definitions will provide greater clarity and guidance for the Council of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers in determining whether a licensee is subject to discipline. Section 2817(a)(7) has been amended by striking the requirement that an applicant who fails the Principles and Practice of Engineering examination four times must go through additional steps before taking the examination another time. Eliminating this requirement will remove unnecessary barriers to licensure. Further, Section 2823 has been amended to add “negligence” and “pattern of negligence” as grounds for discipline. These changes will ensure that discipline is imposed for conduct that poses a risk to the public. This Act adds a definition for “successor professional engineer” and a new Section 2832 to delineate the acceptable parameters for a successor engineer’s reuse or adoption of work performed by another engineer. These revisions will both inform licensees of the permissible use of another engineer’s work and ensure that the recipient of services can identify the responsible engineer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130239&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB129)
2. **HA 1 to HB 129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130380&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 129 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 129 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7be8ed62-e272-4e86-9d2d-19a44a95816e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).