Board approves several licensure recommendations, grants provisional PE licenses with ethics conditions

The Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors approved multiple licensing and registration committee recommendations during the meeting, including approvals, denials and provisional licenses tied to specified continuing-education requirements.

The licensing committee reported it had reviewed several personal-appearance cases and moved recommended outcomes to the full board. Committee-recommended approvals included Joseph Michael Stubing for Texas RPLS registration (contingent on TSSE exam passage and documentation of completion of the 30-hour basic ethics course from the Texas Tech Murdoch Center for Engineering), Jeremy Bonia for Texas PE licensure with the same 30-hour ethics documentation condition, and Patrick Reese for PE following submission of the 30-hour ethics course documentation.

The committee denied a request by Sean David Connor to waive the FE (fundamentals of engineering) exam; per the committee, a rule prevents a waiver after three failed attempts and Connor must pass the FE before taking the PE exam. Several SIT/SIT-to-RLS applications were also discussed and, where applicants failed to demonstrate required qualifications, were recommended for denial.

For applicants with recent criminal histories, the committee recommended provisional one-year Texas PE licenses in two cases (an applicant identified as Kyle Doazal and Colin Dean Parker). Each provisional license is conditioned on completion of a designated Murdoch Center ethics course (90-hour advanced level for one applicant; 60-hour intermediate or 90-hour advanced as specified), return to the licensing committee before the year expires, and automatic termination of the provisional license if the applicant is arrested or receives professional complaints during the period.

All motions reported by the committee were moved, seconded and adopted by voice vote; the board did not publish roll-call tallies for those voice votes during this meeting.

Why it matters: The board’s actions implement licensure conditions intended to balance public-protection concerns and pathways to credentialing (including provisional pathways with oversight). The use of specified Murdoch Center ethics coursework as a condition recurs across approvals/provisional licenses.

What happens next: Applicants approved conditionally must submit documentation of required coursework and pass any required examinations; provisional licensees must return to the licensing committee for review before the provisional period ends.