Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing
Summary
Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing; Preempts licensing of occupations to state; prohibits local governments from imposing or modifying certain licensing requirements; specifies certain local licensing may not be enforced; specifies certain specialty contractors are not required to register with Construction Industry Licensing Board; prohibits local governments from requiring certain specialty contractors to obtain license; specifies job scopes for which local government may not require license; authorizes counties & municipalities to issue journeyman licenses.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
43–16
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 61
Feb 20, 2020
D
Democratic21
76% Nay
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Community Affairs; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 78 NAYS 40
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (898579)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 5
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 01/30/20, 11:30 am, Webster Hall
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Commerce Committee
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
CS referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Original reference(s) removed: State Affairs Committee
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 2
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee; Commerce Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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