PENNSYLVANIA, March 30 - PRINTER'S NO. 1542

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1249

Session of

2026

INTRODUCED BY MALONE, CULVER, MILLER, KEARNEY, KANE, HAYWOOD,

COSTA AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 30, 2026

REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,

MARCH 30, 2026

AN ACT

Amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), entitled

"An act relating to crane operator licensure; establishing

the State Board of Crane Operators; conferring powers and

imposing duties relative to regulating the practice of crane

operation; imposing penalties; and making an appropriation,"

further providing for title of act; in preliminary

provisions, further providing for short title and for

definitions and providing for applicability; in State Board

of Crane Operators, further providing for board and for

powers and duties of board; in licensure, further providing

for licensure, for qualifications, for duration of license,

for reporting of multiple licensure and for license without

certification and providing for qualifications for licensure

as well driller, for grandfathering for well drillers, for

examination for licensure as well driller, for bonding and

insurance for well drillers, for continuing education for

well drillers, for professional standards and industry

regulations for well drilling, for additional reporting

requirements for well drillers, for sampling, for well

driller license identification, for drilling company and rig

registration, for exemptions and for agricultural operations;

in administration and enforcement, further providing for

violation of act, for refusal, suspension or revocation of

license and for temporary and automatic suspensions; and

making a repeal.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The title and section 101 of the act of October

9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), known as the Crane Operator

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