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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6407
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3044
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E OCCUPATIONAL AND P ROFESSIONAL
LICENSES OF MILITARY MEMBERS' SPOUSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) An occupational or 1
professional license, permit, certification or registration shall be issued, 2
in the occupation or profession applied for and at a practice level 3
determined by the department having oversight of such licenses, 4
permits, certifications or registrations, to a person who establishes 5
residence in this state or who is married to an active duty member of the 6
armed forces of the United States and accompanies that member, 7
pursuant to an official permanent change of station, to a military 8
installation located in this state if: 9
(1) The person holds a valid license, permit, certification or 10
registration in at least one other state in the occupation or profession 11
applied for; 12
(2) The person has held such license, permit, certification or 13
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(3) The person is in good standing in all states in which he or she 15
holds a license, permit, certification or registration and has not had a 16
license, permit, certification or registration revoked or discipline 17
imposed by any state, does not have a complaint, allegation or 18
investigation related to unprofessional conduct pending in any state, 19
and has not voluntarily surrendered a license, permit, certification or 20
registration while under investigation for unprofessional conduct in any 21
state; 22
(4) The person takes and passes any examination required of other 23
applicants for the license, permit, certification or registration; 24
(5) The person satisfies any background check or character and fitness 25
check required of other applicants for the license, permit, certification or 26
registration; and 27
(6) The person pays all fees required of other applicants for the 28
license, permit, certification or registration. 29
(b) Any person issued a license, permit, certification or registration 30
pursuant to this section shall be subject to the laws of this state and the 31
jurisdiction of the department having oversight of such license, permit, 32
certification or registration. 33
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any department 34
head, as defined in section 4-5 of the general statutes, may deny an 35
occupational or professional license, permit, certification or registration 36
for which such department head has responsibility if he or she finds 37
such denial is in the best interest of the state. 38
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To allow military members' spouses to obtain an occupational or
professional license in this state if they hold such license in another state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]