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Senate Committee Report Presents Wide-ranging Licensing Reform, Debate Focuses on Board Authority
Summary
Senate committee reported a 384‑page overhaul (SB 20) of occupational and professional licensing procedures; sponsors said it standardizes inconsistent rules and allows, in limited cases, boards to override agency directors by two‑thirds vote — a change that prompted floor debate about balance of power and appeals to courts.
A lengthy committee bill, SB 20, returned to the Utah Senate on Jan. 21 for floor consideration after an interim committee’s work to consolidate licensing procedures across professions.
Senator David Watts, presenting the committee report, described the bill as an effort to bring many disparate licensing statutes into consistent…
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