Revise laws related to board seals and responsibilities
SB 227 revises the laws governing various professional licensing boards, including those for medicine, optometry, and veterinary medicine. The bill eliminates the requirement for individual boards to maintain their own seals, instead standardizing the process for authenticating official documents. It also clarifies the responsibilities of these boards and removes redundant or conflicting provisions in their existing organizational statutes. This aims to streamline administrative procedures for professional licensure across the state.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025
Signed May 8, 2025
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This bill removes the requirement for individual professional licensing boards to have unique physical seals, replacing them with a standard common seal to reduce administrative costs and eliminate redundant statutory language. It also corrects grammatical errors and clarifies the powers and duties of various boards, such as the Board of Acupuncture and the Board of Veterinary Medicine, ensuring consistent language across the state code.
Scope change
The bill narrows the scope of requirements for professional licensing boards by removing the mandate for individualized seals and standardizing document authentication procedures.
REQUIREMENT
Eliminated the requirement for individual professional licensing boards to adopt and use unique physical seals, replacing this with a standard common seal provision.
Updated the powers and duties of specific boards, including clarifying the Board of Veterinary Medicine's authority to issue licenses and ensuring consistent formatting for board seals.
DEFINITION
Corrected grammatical errors and redundant phrasing (e.g., 'shall must') in multiple sections to improve legal clarity and readability.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025
How they voted
49–1
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 1, 2025
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-1-1)
house
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-1)
senate
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Wendy McKamey
RRepublican
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