Professions and businesses; licensure to engage in trade; provisions

Specific provisions creating and regulating the professions of auctioneers, geologists, and hearing aid dealers were deleted from the bill.

New language was added to repeal and reorganize the standards committees for Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists.

The bill was amended to clarify that certain division staff are in the unclassified service and to expand expense reimbursement for professional licensing board members.

The bill was transferred from the House Committee on Appropriations to the House Committee on Rules, changing the committee responsible for its review.

The bill's short title was changed from 'H. B. 579' to 'H. B. 579 (SUB)' to indicate this is a substitute version offered by a committee.

The legislative history line was updated to reflect the new bill number (LC 55 0559S) and the fact that it is a substitute bill.

The summary of the bill's provisions was rewritten to replace references to 'renewal' of licenses with 'renewal of professional licenses' and added a specific reference to committees for professional counselors and social workers.

The summary was revised to remove redundant phrases regarding auctioneer and geologist registration procedures, streamlining the list of the bill's purposes.