BILL NUMBER: AB 1939	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Patterson

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

   An act to add Section 312.3 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1939, as introduced, Patterson. Licensing Requirements.
   Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs is
comprised of various boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, and
similarly constituted agencies that license and regulate the practice
of various professions and vocations for the purpose of protecting
the people of California. Existing law requires each of these
entities to submit annually to the director of the department its
methods for ensuring that every licensing examination it administers
is subject to periodic evaluation.
   This bill would require the director of the department to conduct
a study and submit to the Legislature by July 1, 2017, a report
identifying, exploring, and addressing occupational licensing
requirements that create unnecessary barriers to labor market entry
or mobility.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 312.3 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   312.3.  (a) The director shall conduct a study and submit to the
Legislature by July 1, 2017, a report identifying, exploring, and
addressing areas where occupational licensing requirements create an
unnecessary barrier to labor market entry or labor mobility,
particularly for dislocated workers, transitioning service members,
and military spouses.
   (b) The report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.