AB 1939, as amended, 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 thebegin delete director of the departmentend deletebegin insert Legislative Analyst’s Officeend insert to conduct a study and submit to the Legislaturebegin insert
and the departmentend insert by July 1, 2017, a report identifying, exploring, and addressing occupational licensing requirements that create unnecessary barriers to labor market entry or mobility.begin insert The bill would repeal this requirement on January 1, 2021.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 312.3 is added to the Business and
2Professions Code, to read:
(a) Thebegin delete directorend deletebegin insert Legislative Analyst’s Officeend insert shall
4conduct a study and submit to the Legislaturebegin insert and the Department
5of Consumer Affairsend insert by July 1, 2017, a report identifying,
6exploring, and addressing areas where occupational licensing
7requirements create an unnecessary barrier to labor market entry
8or labor mobility, particularly for dislocated workers, individuals
9who have moved to California from another state, transitioning
10service members, and military spouses.
11(b) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insertThe report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a)
12shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
13Government Code.
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(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
15section is repealed on January 1, 2021.
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