Subcommittee backs administration bill to modernize licensing boards, despite procedural concerns
Senate Bill 2,224 would restructure and consolidate several licensing boards, allow surety bonds for contractors, adjust real‑estate education windows and remove certain occupational licensing; committee advanced the bill after a clerk consultation about Rule 24 (6 ayes, 2 nos).
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Leader Johnson presented Senate Bill 2,224 as an administration bill intended to streamline and modernize Tennessee’s regulatory statutes overseen by the Department of Commerce and Insurance. The sponsor said the measure would reduce duplicative requirements, merge certain boards (for example, land surveyors with architects and engineers), allow associate engineer board members to review applications, permit surety bonds as an alternative to audited financial statements for contractors, and remove licensing requirements for polygraph technicians.
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