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Committee adopts substitute and hears sponsors’ pitch to consolidate licenses, cut fees
Summary
Sponsors of substitute House Bill 59 told the House General Government Committee the bill aims to streamline occupational licensing, consolidate overlapping credentials (including radon-related permits) and reduce fees in roughly 20 licensing areas; members pressed sponsors for data tying fee cuts to workforce shortages and for complaint-counts from the medical board.
Chair Ray called House Bill 59 for its first hearing and the committee adopted a substitute as the working document without objection. Representative Fowler Arthur, a sponsor, said the substitute aligns with the Occupational Licensure Review Committee report and aims to cut administrative burdens and “reduce red tape and bureaucracy” while preserving consumer protection.
Fowler Arthur and other sponsors described several concrete changes in the substitute: consolidating multiple radon-related licenses into a single radon mitigation…
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