Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 34
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 25-1-6-11.
Synopsis: Occupational licensing. Requires the professional licensing
agency (agency) to study occupational licensing laws enacted in other
states and contact representatives of each of the occupations regulated
by the agency for certain recommendations. Requires the agency to
submit a report with findings and recommendations to the general
assembly not later than October 31, 2024. (The introduced version of
this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on employment
and labor.)
Effective: Upon passage.
Rogers
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology.
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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SENATE BILL No. 34
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
professions and occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 25-1-6-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 11. (a) The licensing agency shall:
4 (1) study occupational licensing laws enacted in other states
5 and evaluate the effectiveness and ease of administration of
6 those laws; and
7 (2) contact representatives of each of the occupations
8 regulated by the licensing agency for recommendations
9 regarding:
10 (A) how to remove barriers for worker mobility from one
11 state to another state; and
12 (B) whether universal licensing recognition would be
13 beneficial for professionals in the occupation.
14 (b) Not later than October 31, 2024, the licensing agency shall:
15 (1) prepare a report with findings and recommendations
16 based on the licensing agency's study and evaluation under
17 subsection (a); and
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1 (2) submit the report to the general assembly in an electronic
2 format under IC 5-14-6.
3 (c) This section expires July 1, 2025.
4 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.
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