Your E&O Insurance may or may not be tied to holding a state license. We recommend checking with both your agent and your carrier, in writing, to make sure you are covered at all times.
PROTECT AND DEFEND LICENSURE
Fifty-two jurisdictions have recognized that landscape architecture regulation is necessary to protect public health, safety, and welfare. The practice of landscape architecture should preserve and maximize the use of natural systems and resources, keep the public safe from hazards, and prevent damage to public or private property from changes in the built environment. The education, experience, and examination required to earn a license ensure that licensed landscape architects can effectively protect the public and our communities from harm.
Landscape Architecture Registration Act
Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
Stay on Top of Current LICENSURE Issues
The renewal window for Registered Landscape Architects is now open, with a deadline to complete the renewal by August 31, 2025. You may have already received this notification from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
As of our correspondence with IDFPR on June 4, we want to share several important updates:
- Rule Adoption: The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) has accepted the proposed rules package, which focused on the inclusion of Continuing Education (CE) requirements. The amended rules are expected to be formally adopted by June 6, 2025. IDFPR will confirm the effective date once it is finalized.
- Continuing Education (CE): The continuing education requirement will not be implemented for this 2025 renewal cycle. It was deemed that there was insufficient time to implement the requirement for this two-year period.
- Renewal Fee: The renewal fee for 2025 will remain $60 throughout the entire renewal window. The previously discussed increase to $125 has not yet been enacted.
This information was sent to ILASLA Members on 6.5.25 and can be found in the “Letters to Members” tab below.
Note: All professionals licensed by the Illinois IDFPR Division with a CE requirement need (1) CE hour in Sexual Harassment Prevention Training and (1) CE hour in Ethics Training to renew or reinstate your registration. These classes should count toward your total CEs required, but it is always best to check the specific class with IDFPR.
Insurance
Contracts
Contracts may or may not be tied to holding a state license. We recommend reviewing contracts closely and, if necessary, discussing contracts with a lawyer during the time that the state is not regulating the profession.
Letters to Members
If you have questions regarding the issue, please contact any one of the Board members mentioned in the letters below. We, in turn, will do our best to keep members informed on the reinstatement details and timeline.
- Letter to Members: Important Update: 2025 License Renewal for Registered Landscape Architects – No CEs required for 2025, No price increase
- Letter to Members: Update regarding Rulemaking for the Landscape Architecture Registration Act and Continuing Education requirements 1.14.25
- Letter to Members: Update on Continuing Education Requirements and Registration Renewals 6.6.23
- Letter to Members: Update on Landscape Architecture Registration Act: We’ve Arrived! 10.19.22
- Letter to Members: Update on Landscape Architecture Registration Act: Rules Review 8.18.22
- Letter to Members: Update on Landscape Architecture Registration Act: Rules Review for Public Act 102-0284 7.22.22
- Letter to Members: Update on Landscape Architecture Registration Act: Rules Process 4.8.22, Rules Draft and How Rules are Made
- Letter to Members: Update on Landscape Architecture Registration Act: Rules Process Continues 1.28.2022
- Letter to Members: Conference on Landscape Architecture 2021 from President
- Letter to Members: Update on Landscape Architecture Registration Act: Rules Process 11.15.21
- Letter to Members: Title Act Reinstatement Signed by the Governor 8.9.21
- Letter to Members: Title Act Update: Title Act Reinstatement to the Governor for Signature into Law 8.3.21
- Letter to Members: Title Act Movement 5.25.21
- Letter to Members: Watch for iAdvocate Alert 4.12.21
- Letter to Members: Landscape Architect Title Act Bill Introduction 3.1.21
- Letter to Members: FAQs About the Anticipated Reinstatement of the Title Act 1.22.21
- Letter to Members: Illinois Lame Duck Session 1.14.21
- Letter to Members: 11.11.20
- Letter to Members: Title Act Update 5.22.2020
- Letter to Members: COVID-19 and Advocacy Update 3.17.2020
- Letter to Members: Title Act Update 2.11.2020
- Letter to Members: Title Act Extension Update: CLARB and Other 12.30.19
- Letter to Members: Title Act Extension Update 12.19.19
- Letter to Members: Title Act Extension Update 11.26.19
- Letter to Members: Title Act Extension Update 10.28.19
- Letter to Members: Title Act Extension Update 10.23.19
- Letter to Members 5.31.19
- Letter to Members: File a Witness Slip 3.18.19
- Letter to Members 3.8.19
- Letter to Members 2.7.19
- Letter to Members 12.11.18
- ASLA Goes to the Hill_Stream 5.3.18
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Doug Fair, ASLA
ILASLA Advocacy Chair
advocacy@il-asla.org
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