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House committee advances broad licensure overhaul to streamline boards and exams
Summary
The House Regulated Industries Committee advanced House Bill 630, a package of licensure changes that would consolidate boards, reduce some board seats, clarify licensing pathways and give administrative staff more authority to issue licenses. Lawmakers approved a friendly amendment to adjust board size.
The House Regulated Industries Committee advanced House Bill 630, a multi-part measure to simplify professional licensure rules and board structures, and approved a friendly amendment changing a proposed board size reduction.
The bill, presented to the committee during its meeting, would combine certain licensing divisions, revise definitions such as "established place of business," restructure pathways to licensure for multiple trades, and give the division director expanded authority to administer licenses rather than routing final issuance through…
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