BILL NUMBER: AB 1904	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 12, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Block, Butler, and Cook

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Section 115.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1904, Block. Professions and vocations: military spouses:
expedited licensure.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal
licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other
requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another
jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law authorizes a licensee to
reinstate an expired license without examination or penalty if, among
other requirements, the license expired while the licensee was on
active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the
United States Armed Forces.
   This bill would require a board within the department to expedite
the licensure process for an applicant who holds a license in the
same profession or vocation in another jurisdiction and is married
to, or in a legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed
Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in
California under official active duty military orders.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 115.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   115.5.  (a) A board within the department shall expedite the
licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following
requirements:
   (1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant
is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active
duty military orders.
   (2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or
territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for
which he or she seeks a license from the board.
   (b) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this
section.