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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;…

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