BILL NUMBER: SB 1348	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 114.5 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1348, as introduced, Cannella. Licensure applications: military
experience.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law requires each board to inquire in every
application for licensure if the individual applying for licensure is
serving in, or has previously served in, the military.
   This bill would require each board, with a governing law
authorizing veterans to apply military experience and training
towards licensure requirements, to modify their application for
licensure to advise veteran applicants about their ability to apply
that experience and training towards licensure requirements.
   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 114.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   114.5.   Commencing January 1, 2015, each  
(a)     Each    board shall inquire
in every application for licensure if the individual applying for
licensure is serving in, or has previously served in, the military.

   (b) If a board's governing law authorizes veterans to apply
military experience and training towards licensure requirements, that
board shall modify their application for licensure to advise veteran
applicants about their ability to apply military experience and
training towards licensure requirements.