CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2631Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Fong, Lackey, and Mayes)(Coauthors: Senators Jones and Wilk)February 20, 2020 An act to amend Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2631, as introduced, Cunningham. License fees: military partners and spouses.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law requires a board within the department to expedite the licensure process for an applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the same profession or vocation and who supplies satisfactory evidence of being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active duty military orders.This bill would prohibit a board from charging an initial or original license fee to an applicant who meets these expedited licensing requirements.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following requirements:(1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders.(2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board.(b) A board shall not charge an applicant who meets the requirements in subdivision (a) an initial or original license fee. (b)(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2631Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Fong, Lackey, and Mayes)(Coauthors: Senators Jones and Wilk)February 20, 2020 An act to amend Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2631, as introduced, Cunningham. License fees: military partners and spouses.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law requires a board within the department to expedite the licensure process for an applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the same profession or vocation and who supplies satisfactory evidence of being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active duty military orders.This bill would prohibit a board from charging an initial or original license fee to an applicant who meets these expedited licensing requirements.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2631
Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Fong, Lackey, and Mayes)(Coauthors: Senators Jones and Wilk)February 20, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham(Coauthors: Assembly Members Boerner Horvath, Fong, Lackey, and Mayes)(Coauthors: Senators Jones and Wilk)
February 20, 2020
An act to amend Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2631, as introduced, Cunningham. License fees: military partners and spouses.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law requires a board within the department to expedite the licensure process for an applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the same profession or vocation and who supplies satisfactory evidence of being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active duty military orders.This bill would prohibit a board from charging an initial or original license fee to an applicant who meets these expedited licensing requirements.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law requires a board within the department to expedite the licensure process for an applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the same profession or vocation and who supplies satisfactory evidence of being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active duty military orders.
This bill would prohibit a board from charging an initial or original license fee to an applicant who meets these expedited licensing requirements.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following requirements:(1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders.(2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board.(b) A board shall not charge an applicant who meets the requirements in subdivision (a) an initial or original license fee. (b)(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following requirements:(1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders.(2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board.(b) A board shall not charge an applicant who meets the requirements in subdivision (a) an initial or original license fee. (b)(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.
SECTION 1. Section 115.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following requirements:(1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders.(2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board.(b) A board shall not charge an applicant who meets the requirements in subdivision (a) an initial or original license fee. (b)(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.
115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following requirements:(1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders.(2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board.(b) A board shall not charge an applicant who meets the requirements in subdivision (a) an initial or original license fee. (b)(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.
115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following requirements:(1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders.(2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board.(b) A board shall not charge an applicant who meets the requirements in subdivision (a) an initial or original license fee. (b)(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.
115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the licensure process for an applicant who meets both of the following requirements:
(1) Supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders.
(2) Holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board.
(b) A board shall not charge an applicant who meets the requirements in subdivision (a) an initial or original license fee.
(b)
(c) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this section.