Military Occupational Licensure
Summary
Military Occupational Licensure; Requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to expedite professional license applications submitted by spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States; requiring the department to issue certain licenses within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of Health and certain boards to issue a professional license to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States if certain requirements are met, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Jun 9, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2022 · House Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 23, 2022
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Jun 9, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (774986)
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/09/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/25/22, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 6, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 01/11/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Nov 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Regulated Industries; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Janet Cruz
DDemocratic
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