Crane Operator Licensure Act Amendment Adding Well Driller Provisions
Summary
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1249 proposes amendments to the Crane Operator Licensure Act to add comprehensive licensing provisions for well drillers. The bill would establish new qualifications, grandfathering provisions, examination requirements, bonding and insurance standards, continuing education mandates, and professional standards for well drillers. The bill was introduced March 30, 2026, and referred to the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee.
What changed
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1249 would substantially expand the Crane Operator Licensure Act by creating an entirely new regulatory framework for well drillers. Key provisions include qualifications for licensure as well driller, examination requirements, bonding and insurance requirements, continuing education requirements, professional standards and industry regulations, additional reporting requirements, sampling protocols, well driller license identification requirements, drilling company and rig registration requirements, exemptions, and agricultural operation provisions. The bill also addresses violations, refusal, suspension or revocation of licenses, and temporary and automatic suspensions.
The bill is currently in committee and has not been enacted. Regulated entities should monitor the legislative process and prepare to comply with new well driller licensing requirements if the bill passes. Construction firms and employers utilizing well drilling services should track this legislation and review their contractor qualifications accordingly. Comment deadlines and compliance timelines will be established as the bill advances through committee and floor votes.
What to do next
- Monitor SB1249 progress through Pennsylvania Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee
- Review current well driller contractor qualifications against proposed new standards if bill advances
- Prepare comments on proposed licensing provisions during legislative hearings
Source document (simplified)
PA SB1249 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1249
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Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on March 30 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-03-30 - Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
Pending: Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
An Act amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), known as the Crane Operator Licensure Act, further providing for title of act; in preliminary provisions, further providing for short ti tle 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.
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Title
Further providing for title of act; in preliminary provisions, further providing for short ti tle 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.
Sponsors
| Sen. James Andrew Malone [D] | Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver [R] | Sen. Nicholas Miller [D] | Sen. Timothy Kearney [D] |
| Sen. John Kane [D] | Sen. Arthur Haywood [D] | Sen. Jay Costa [D] | Sen. Lisa Boscola [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure |
Pennsylvania State Sources
| Type | Source |
| --- | --- |
| Summary | https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb1249 |
| Text | https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1249/PN1542 |
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