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Committee reviews occupational-licensing boards: securities, historical boilers, home inspectors and construction trades testify
Summary
During the third hearing on House Bill 59, officials from the Ohio Department of Commerce and several licensing boards described the scope of licensure, enforcement activity, fees and reciprocity arrangements; commissioners defended licensure as a public-safety measure while answering questions about reciprocity and complaint volumes.
The Government Oversight and Reform Committee held the third hearing on House Bill 59, an occupational-licensing review, and heard presentations from the Ohio Department of Commerce and several licensing boards. Andrea Seidt, Ohio Securities Commissioner, described the Division of Securities' licensing categories, enforcement work and a proposed reciprocity rule, saying the division "oversees the activities of more than 267,000 financial professionals and firms" and asking the committee to support continued occupational licensure under the division.
Seidt told the committee the division licenses broker-dealer firms, salespersons, investment-adviser firms and representatives, state retirement investment officers and…
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