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Committee advances licensing, health-care and business recodification bills; Department of Commerce measure also passes

House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee · February 4, 2026

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Summary

In a single session the House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee favorably recommended several bills — SB 117 (licensing cleanup), HB 343 (nursing facility timing), HB 130 (employer-paid medical exam rule, as amended), HB 171 (PA cleanup, placed on consent), SB 84 (Commerce list-fee fund), SB 40 and SB 41 (business entity recodification) — while holding HB 313 for more work.

The House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee considered 11 bills in a single meeting and took action on most of them.

Notable outcomes:

- SB 117 (second substitute) — Occupational and professional licensing technical clean-ups; recommended favorably by voice vote. - HB 343 — Nursing Care Facility Program Amendments to extend timelines for reactivating beds after suspension; sponsor said the change accommodates financing and permitting timelines; recommended favorably. - HB 130 (as amended) — Employment Medical Examination Expense Amendments requiring employers to pay for medical exams that are conditions of employment and forbidding use of vacation for required exams; second amendment adopted and bill recommended favorably. - HB 171 — Physician Assistant Amendments (cleanup to align statute with 2021 standard); recommended favorably and placed on the consent calendar. - SB 24 — Healthcare Providers Immunity from Liability Act sunset extended to 07/01/2036; presented and forwarded. - SB 84 — Department of Commerce may compile licensee/business lists in-house and retain fees to fund technology improvements for licensing and corporation-registration systems; committee discussed fee purpose and the bill passed favorably. - SB 40 and SB 41 — Large business-entity recodification and renumbering effort; committee adopted substitute versions and recommended both bills favorably.

Several measures passed by unanimous voice votes; most were described by sponsors as technical clarifications or program adjustments rather than substantive policy departures. HB 313 (landscaper certification) drew extended debate and was held for further stakeholder work.

Next steps: Bills recommended favorably will proceed according to the legislative calendar; HB 313 will be revised by the sponsor with stakeholder input.