California Senate Bill SB1348 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1348AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 31, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Senator Cannella FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 114.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1348, as amended, Cannella. Licensure applications: military experience. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires each board to inquire in every application for licensure if the individual applying for licensure is serving in, or has previously served in, the military. This bill would require each board, with a governing law authorizing veterans to apply military experience and training towards licensure requirements, to  modify their application for licensure to advise veteran applicants   post information on the board's Internet Web site  about  their  the  ability  of veteran applicants  to apply  that   their military  experience and training towards licensure requirements. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 114.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 114.5. (a) Each board shall inquire in every application for licensure if the individual applying for licensure is serving in, or has previously served in, the military. (b) If a board's governing law authorizes veterans to apply military experience and training towards licensure requirements, that board shall  modify their application for licensure to advise veteran applicants   post information on the board's Internet Web site  about  their   the  ability  of veteran applicants  to apply military experience and training towards licensure requirements.