Bill > S01834

This bill amends Section 7326 of the education law to modify existing licensing exemptions for landscape architects, expanding the categories of professionals who can perform certain landscape-related work without being specifically licensed as a landscape architect. The bill adds two new exemptions: one allowing employees of nurseries that grow trees and shrubs for landscape purposes to work without a landscape architecture license, and another permitting employment of junior or assistant landscape architects by the State of New York in positions approved and in use on or before the effective date of this law, provided they work under the general supervision of a licensed landscape architect. The bill maintains existing exemptions, such as allowing architects, engineers, and land surveyors to practice their professions without requiring a landscape architecture license, while still prohibiting them from using the title "landscape architect" unless specifically licensed. The changes aim to provide more flexibility for professionals in related fields while maintaining standards for those who officially use the landscape architect designation. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.

Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1834