2020 Occupational Licensure Report
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2020 Occupational Licensure Report Last Updated: January 06, 2021 Bills by State 0 10 20 30 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 4 5 1 10 Monitor 45 81 26 1 6 4 22 185 Oppose 1 8 1 5 15 None 4 20 4 1 6 35 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 Introduced Passed First Chamber Passed Second Chamber Vetoed Failed Failed Sine Die Enacted Occupational Licensure Recently Updated Bills (1) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority MI HB 4488 Assigned Pa 36820 With Immediate Effect 2020 Enacted Monitor Low 12 31 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at May 14, 2019, 9:24 PM Occupations: individual licensing and registration; use of criminal Would not allow the sole use of criminal records to determine one's record to determine eligibility for occupational licensing; restrict. eligibility for occupational licensing. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 of 1974 PA 381 (MCL 338.41 et seq.). Introduction Date: 2019-04-23 Labels: Criminal Offenses Occupational Licensing Bill State: AK (5) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK HB 291 H Referred To Labor Commerce 2020 02 24 Failed sine die Monitor High Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Elizabeth Hebron at Feb 25, 2020, 2:24 PM "An Act relating to commercial interior designers and commercial Would create a registration for Interior Designers along with adding interior design; establishing registration and other requirements "Landscape Architects" to the title of the board and into the definition of for the practice of professional commercial interior design; relating a "design professional." to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; relating to liens for labor or materials furnished; Introduction Date: 2020-02-24 relating to the procurement of commercial interior design services; Labels: Design Professional LA Licensing Board and providing for an effective date." Landscape Architecture Occupational Licensing Top 10 Primary Sponsors Matt Claman State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK HB 299 H Referred To Judiciary 2020 02 24 Failed sine die Monitor Medium Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 4, 2020, 9:11 PM "An Act relating to occupational licensing." Would create the Right to Earn a Living Act. Would allow a person to petition an agency to repeal or modify an occupational regulation within Primary Sponsors an agency's jurisdiction. Would require each agency shall conduct a David Eastman comprehensive review of all occupational regulations and occupational licenses within the agency's jurisdiction, prepare a report with the findings, and publish the report. Introduction Date: 2020-02-24 Labels: Hierarchy of Occupational Regulation Least Restrictive Regulation Occupational Licensing Occupational Licensing Reviews Right to Earn a Living Act State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK SB 11 S Referred To Finance 2019 05 10 Failed sine die Monitor Low Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Feb 20, 2020, 10:35 PM "An Act relating to temporary courtesy licenses for certain Would require the issuance of temporary courtesy licenses to members nonresident professionals; and relating to the Department of of the military and their spouses. Commerce, Community, and Economic Development." Introduction Date: 2019-01-16 Primary Sponsors Scott Kawasaki Labels: Military Occupational Licensing Reciprocity Temporary License State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK SB 221 S Referred To State Affairs 2020 02 24 Failed sine die Monitor Medium Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 4, 2020, 9:14 PM "An Act relating to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee; Would establish the Alaska Sunset Commission to review and make relating to the duties of the legislature; relating to the legislative recommendations on discontinuation of or changes to state entities. audit division and the legislative finance division; establishing the Alaska Sunset Commission to review and make recommendations Introduction Date: 2020-02-24 on discontinuation of or changes to state entities; and relating to Labels: Occupational Licensing Reviews Sunset the powers and duties of the Alaska Sunset Commission." Primary Sponsors Shelley Hughes State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AK SB 241 S Leg Finance Appropriation Message 4 3 20 Enacted Monitor Medium 2020 05 19 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Jun 1, 2020, 4:53 PM "An Act extending the March 11, 2020, governor's declaration of a Would allow boards to expedite licenses to out of state applicants. public health disaster emergency in response to the novel Would expire November 15, 2020 or when the disaster is declared over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; providing for a financing by the Governor. Would allow for the temporarily waiving or modifying plan; making temporary changes to state law in response to the the continuing education requirements. COVID-19 outbreak in the following areas: standing orders of the chief medical officer; occupational and professional licensing, Introduction Date: 2020-03-22 practice, and billing; telehealth; fingerprinting requirements for Labels: Continuing Education COVID-19 health care providers; elections in calendar year 2020; permanent fund dividend applications and eligibility; state tax filings, Occupational Licensing payments, and penalties; corporations; state and municipal government deadlines; the Alaska regional economic assistance program; Medicaid and public assistance; workers' compensation; sanitation standards for retail sellers; actions by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; utilities and residential utility service; power cost equalization; forbearance of specified state loans; foreclosures; evictions; wills; repossessions; access to federal stabilization funds; seafood purchase and distribution; homelessness; administrative hearings; and liability for issuing, providing, or manufacturing personal protective equipment; and providing for an effective date." Primary Sponsors SENATE RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR Bill State: AL (1) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AL HB 23 Pending Third Reading On Day 9 Favorable Failed sine die None None From State Government 2020 02 27 Title Introduction Date: 2020-02-04 Sunset Law, Examiners of Public Accounts Dept., authorized to charge an agency a reasonable fee for Sunset reports furnished under review, authorize Sunset Committee to adjust or waive the fee, Sec. 41-20-9 am'd. Primary Sponsors Chris Pringle Bill State: AZ (4) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ HB 2359 Reported Proper For Consideration Out Of Failed sine die None None Rules Committee 2020 03 16 Title Introduction Date: 2020-01-21 License denial prohibited; drug convictions Primary Sponsors Ben Toma State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ HB 2809 Reported Do Pass Amended Out Of Commerce Failed sine die Monitor Low Committee 2020 03 12 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Feb 13, 2020, 9:55 PM Professional licensure fees; waiver; reduction Would require boards to review their fee schedule annually. Primary Sponsors Introduction Date: 2020-02-10 Travis Grantham Labels: Licensing Fees Occupational Licensing State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ SB 1142 Reported Do Pass Out Of Regulatory Affairs Failed sine die Monitor High Committee 2020 03 09 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Feb 5, 2020, 3:52 PM Nonhealth professions; occupations; regulations. Would require more prescriptive components in sunset review studies. Would define least restrictive regulation and would require occupational Primary Sponsors regulations to comply with least restrictive means. Tyler Pace Introduction Date: 2020-01-16 Labels: Hierarchy of Occupational Regulation Least Restrictive Regulation Occupational Licensing Occupational Licensing Reviews Private Certification Sunset Top 10 State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority AZ SB 1274 Signed By Governor 2020 06 05 Enacted Monitor High Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Mar 24, 2020, 3:32 PM Professional regulatory boards; composition Would amend the State Board of Technical Registration to include one professional member each - an architect, engineer, landscape architect, Primary Sponsors geologist, and land surveyor. Would include six public members. Would Michelle Ugenti-Rita provide a member may not serve more than two consecutive terms. Introduction Date: 2020-01-23 Labels: LA Licensing Board Landscape Architecture Occupational Licensing Top 10 Bill State: CA (5) State Bill Number Last Action Status Position Priority CA AB 193 From Committee Filed With The Chief Clerk Failed sine die Monitor Medium Pursuant To Joint Rule 56 2020 02 03 Title Bill Summary: Last edited by Bradley Rawls at Jan 11, 2019, 4:57 PM Professions and vocations. Would require the Department of Consumer Affairs in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, beginning on January 1, 2021, Primary Sponsors to conduct a comprehensive review of all occupational licensing Jim Patterson requirements and identify unnecessary licensing requirements that cannot be adequately justified. Would require the department to report to the Legislature on January 1, 2023, and every 2 years thereafter, on the department’s