OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends existing law to replace references to the Division of Building Safety with the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
House Passage
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 24, 2023
Signed Mar 7, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2023 · House Feb 6, 2023
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
Feb 24, 2023
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican23
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 7, 2023
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 6, 2023 Session Law Chapter 15 Effective: 07/01/2023
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Feb 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Bernt, Lent, TrakelFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to House
upper
Feb 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
upper
Feb 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey(Galloway), Hill, Holtzclaw(Yorgason), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pri
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Jan 25, 2023
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Business
lower
Jan 24, 2023
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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