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2021 Occupational Licensure Report Last Updated: September 16, 2021 State Heat Map 0 5 10 15 WA ME MT ND OR MN ID WI VT NY SD MI WY NH IA PA NV NE OH MA IN UT IL WV CO RI KS VA MO KY CA NC CT TN AZ OK NM AR SC NJ MS AL GA DE TX LA MD FL DC AK HI US Congress Bills by Last Status and Position Support 14 11 3 3 14 45 Monitor 34 28 19 1 3 46 131 Oppose 3 5 9 7 24 None 1 8 9 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Introduced Passed First Chamber Passed Second Chamber Vetoed Failed Failed Sine Die Enacted Occupational Licensure Bill State: AK (4) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK HB 15 H Cosponsor S Mccabe 2021 03 01 In House Monitor Medium Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Feb 2, 2021, 8:06 PM "An Act relating to occupational licensing; relating to temporary Would allow require occupational licensing boards to grant temporary licenses and permits; relating to certification of teachers; and licenses for 180-days for those licensed in other states or through the providing for an effective date." military under certain conditions. The bill amends a section to make it required that someone with a temporary license who has completed all Primary Sponsors his or her coursework but not yet tested may work underneath someone Steve Thompson who already has a license. Introduction Date: 2021-02-18 Labels: Occupational Licensing Temporary License State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK HB 61 H Referred To Finance 2021 04 26 In House Support Medium Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Jan 15, 2021, 8:38 PM "An Act relating to commercial interior designers and commercial Would add "Landscape Architecture" to the name of the State Board of interior design; establishing registration and other requirements Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors. for the practice of professional commercial interior design; relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Introduction Date: 2021-02-18 Land Surveyors; relating to liens for labor or materials furnished; Labels: Landscape Architecture Occupational Licensing relating to the procurement of commercial interior design services; and providing for an effective date." Primary Sponsors Matt Claman State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK SB 57 S Referred To State Affairs 2021 01 29 In Senate Monitor High Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 16, 2021, 4:48 PM "An Act establishing a violation for hindering the Alaska Sunset Would establish the Alaska Sunset Commission to review activities of Commission; relating to the Legislative Budget and Audit each entity listed in the Legislative Budget and Audit committee and Committee; relating to the duties of the legislature; relating to the consider whether there is a public need for continuation. Would provide legislative audit division and the legislative finance division; recommendations to the legislature. The commission shall accept establishing the Alaska Sunset Commission to review and make testimony from the public and from a person involved in the recommendations on discontinuation of or changes to state administration of the entity subject to the review. entities; and relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska Sunset Commission." Introduction Date: 2021-01-29 Primary Sponsors Labels: Occupational Licensing Shelley Hughes Occupational Licensing Reviews Sunset State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK SB 86 S Withdrawn By Sponsor 2021 04 28 In Senate Monitor Low Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 15, 2021, 7:13 PM "An Act relating to occupational licensing; relating to temporary Would allow for the issuance of temporary licenses. licenses, permits, and certificates; and providing for an effective date." Introduction Date: 2021-02-15 Primary Sponsors Labels: Occupational Licensing Temporary License Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce Bill State: AL (1) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AL HB 124 Read For The First Time And Referred To The Failed sine die Monitor Low Senate Committee On Governmental Affairs 2021 04 20 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 16, 2021, 5:28 PM Professional licensing Boards, self-sustaining, bds, agencies, and Would require previously exempt boards to post expenditures on board commissions exempted from publishing expenditures through websites. Comptroller website, required to post expenditures on bd, agency, or commission website Introduction Date: 2021-02-02 Primary Sponsors Labels: Licensing Boards Occupational Licensing Chris Pringle Bill State: AR (5) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AR HB 1378 Read The First Time Rules Suspended Read In House Monitor Low The Second Time And Referred To The Committee On Public Health Welfare And Labor Committee House 2021 02 02 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 16, 2021, 4:38 PM HB1378 - TO AUTHORIZE OCCUPATIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL Would authorize occupational licensure for individuals who are migrants LICENSURE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MIGRANTS FROM THE from the Compact of Free Association Islands. Would require all COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION ISLANDS. occupational or professional licensing entities to promulgate rules necessary to implement this act. Primary Sponsors Clint Penzo Introduction Date: 2021-02-02 Labels: Licensing Boards Occupational Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AR HB 1460 Notification That Hb 1460 Is Now Act 567 2021 Enacted Support Low 04 05 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 15, 2021, 9:03 PM HB1460 - TO CREATE THE WORKFORCE FREEDOM ACT OF 2021; TO Would preempt local licensing. ELIMINATE DUPLICATIVE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL; AND TO INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR Introduction Date: 2021-02-09 WORKERS IN ARKANSAS. Labels: Local Preemption Occupational Licensing Primary Sponsors Richard Womack, Trent Garner State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AR HB 1667 Reported Correctly Engrossed 2021 03 17 In House Monitor High Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Apr 20, 2021, 2:07 AM HB1667 - TO CREATE THE UNIVERSAL LICENSING RECOGNITION Would create the universal licensing recognition act. ACT. Introduction Date: 2021-03-08 Primary Sponsors Tony Furman Labels: Experience Military Occupational Licensing Reciprocity Universal Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AR SB 78 Notification That Sb 78 Is Now Act 135 2021 02 Enacted Monitor Low 23 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Jan 13, 2021, 2:26 AM SB78 - TO ESTABLISH ARKANSAS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING OF Would establish the Arkansas Occupational Licensing of Uniformed UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND SPOUSES ACT OF Service Members, Veterans, and Spouses Act of 2021. Would provide 2021; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. automatic occupational licensure or expedited occupational licensure to current license holders, who are uniformed service members, veterans, Primary Sponsors and their spouses, by expediting their entry into the workforce of the Ricky Hill, Roger Lynch state. Introduction Date: 2021-01-11 Labels: Military Occupational Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AR SB 153 Notification That Sb 153 Is Now Act 725 2021 Enacted Support Medium 04 19 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Feb 8, 2021, 2:55 PM SB153 - TO CREATE THE WORKFORCE EXPANSION ACT OF 2021. Would provide for licensure fees to be waived for low-income individuals. Primary Sponsors Ben Gilmore, David Ray Introduction Date: 2021-01-19 Labels: Licensing Fees Occupational Licensing Bill State: AZ (5) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ HB 2067 Signed By Governor 2021 04 01 Enacted Monitor Low Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Feb 8, 2021, 2:57 PM Criminal conviction; set aside; applicability The bill creates a certificate of a second chance for individuals convicted of certain misdemeanors who have been working without incident for Primary Sponsors two years. Bret Roberts Introduction Date: 2021-01-14 Labels: Criminal Offenses Occupational Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ HB 2267 Reported Do Pass Out Of Commerce Failed sine die Support Low Committee 2021 03 03 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Jan 15, 2021, 4:11 PM Professional licensure fees; waiver; reduction Would provide that boards provide a one-time waiver or reduction from professional licensure renewal fees to reduce its balance in its licensing Primary Sponsors fund to below 50% of the appropriate from that fund in the upcoming Travis Grantham fiscal year. Introduction Date: 2021-01-20 Labels: Licensing Board Operations Occupational License Fees Occupational Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ HB 2319 Signed By Governor 2021 03 24 Enacted Monitor Medium Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Jan 15, 2021, 8:34 PM License denial; prohibition; drug convictions Would prohibit the denial of a license based on certain drug convictions. Primary Sponsors Introduction Date: 2021-01-26 Ben Toma Labels: Licensing Board Operations Occupational Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ HB 2787 Signed By Governor 2021 04 20 Enacted Monitor Low Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Feb 17, 2021, 3:23 PM Occupational regulation; good character; definition Would define "moral turpitude." Would provide for an agencies consideration of criminal records. Primary Sponsors Judy Burges Introduction Date: 2021-02-08 Labels: Criminal Offenses Occupational Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ SB 1218 Signed By Governor 2021 04 05 Enacted Oppose High Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Jan 22, 2021, 9:47 PM Nonhealth professions; occupations; regulations. Would require least restrictive means of regulation in analysis of the appropriateness of regulations pertaining to occupations.