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Kansas Senate Commerce Committee briefed on SB 30, proposal to tighten legislative review of occupational licenses
Summary
An informational briefing on Senate Bill 30 reviewed a bill that would require annual agency reports to JCAR and legislative approval by joint resolution for new occupational licenses or material changes after July 1, 2025. Proponents said the measure would cut unnecessary licensing and boost workforce participation; CPA witnesses urged an exemption. No committee action was taken.
The Senate Committee on Commerce held an informational briefing on Senate Bill 30 on Jan. 22 to bring new members up to speed on proposed changes to how Kansas reviews occupational licensing.
Amelia Kovar Donahue, assistant reviser in the Office of Reviser of Statutes, told the committee SB 30 is currently in conference and that a conference committee report (CCR 2025 SB 30 H2 11) had struck the bill’s original contents and instead included provisions of Senate Bill 229 as amended. She said portions of SB 30 dealing with background checks were moved into House Bill 2342, which became law upon publication in the Kansas Register on May 1, 2025.
Under the conference committee report Kovar Donahue described, agencies would be required to submit an annual report to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations (JCAR) each September listing every occupational license they oversee and enumerated data points for each license (including number of current holders, typical employment, governing statutes and regulations, federal mandates,…
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