HB 1053/ SB 717 Military Occupational Licensure/Compact

Primary House Sponsor: Rep. Craig Horn (R-Union)

Primary Senate Sponsor: Sen. Rob Bryan, Sen. Andy Wells (R-Catawba), Sen. Don Davis (D-Pitt)

Summary

This bill would require an expedited occupational licensure application response of 30 days when an applicant is military trained or is a military spouse. The bill would also require each occupational licensure board and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs’s websites to summarize the opportunities available to veterans and spouses.

The proposed committee substitute presented to the Commerce and Insurance Committee would require an application response within 7 days instead of 30 days.

The proposed committee substitute introduced in the House Judiciary Committee included new language for the audiology interstate compact.

History

  • Filed 5/13/20
  • Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee – favorable report 5/26/20
  • SenateRules Committee – favorable report 5/28/2020
  • Passed in the Senate 47-0 with a floor amendment 6/1/2020
  • This bill will now move to the House
  • This bill was received in the House on 6/3/2020
  • This bill passed in the House Judiciary Committee on June 4, 2020
  • This bill was referred to the House Rules Committee on June 4, 2020
  • This bill passed the House Rules Committee on June 9, 2020
  • This bill passed the House on June 10, 2020.
  • This bill passed the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee on June 17, 2020
  • This bill passed in the Senate on June 19, 2020