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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 387 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator Crowell 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Cavenaugh 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CERTAIN REPORTS OF 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING ENTITIES; TO REPEAL THE LAW 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | REQUIRING OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING ENTITIES TO SUBMIT A 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | REPORT CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS GRANTED 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE AND EXPEDITED 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 14 |
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| 20 | 19 | | Subtitle 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | TO REPEAL THE LAW REQUIRING OCCUPATIONAL 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | LICENSING ENTITIES TO SUBMIT A REPORT 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | GRANTED AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | AND EXPEDITED OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE. 22 |
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| 27 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24 |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 17 -4-110 is amended to read as follows: 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | 17-4-110. Responsibilities of occupational licensing entities. 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | An occupational licensing entity shall: 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (1) Submit proposed rules authorized under § 17-4-106 to the 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the Legislative Council for review and 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | approval before the proposed rules are promulgated under the Arkansas 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq.; 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | (2) If the proposed rules are not approved as required under § 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | 17-4-109, provide automatic occupational licensure to an individual listed in 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | § 17-4-104; and 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | (3) Post prominently on the occupational licensing entity's 36 SB387 |
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| 42 | 41 | | website a link entitled “Military Member Licensure” that directly leads to 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | information applicable to an individual listed in § 17 -4-104; and 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | (4) Provide to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | Legislative and Military Affairs an annual report stating the number of 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | individuals granted automatic occupational licensure and expedited 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | occupational licensure under this chapter . 6 |
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