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HB 959 Original 2024 Regular Session Deshotel
Abstract: Terminates licensure requirements and licensing for certain professions and occupations.
Proposed law terminates licenses created and authorized by certain departments, agencies, boards,
and commissions.
Proposed law includes but is not limited to the following entities whose licensing authority expires
on July 1, 2026:
(1)La. Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters
(2)La. State Polygraph Board
(3)La. Board of Professional Geoscientists
(4)La. Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
(5)La. Board of Certified Public Accountants
(6)La. Board of Architectural Examiners
(7)La. Board of Cosmetology
(8)La. Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board
(9)La. Plumbing Board
(10)La. Real Estate Commission
(11)La. Real Estate Appraisers Board
(12)La. Licensing Board for Contractors
(13)La. Auctioneers Licensing Board
(14)La. Board of Examiners of Interior Designers (15)La. Board of Private Security Examiners
(16)La. Board of Private Investigator Examiners
(17)La. Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry and statutory entities made a part of the department by
present law
Proposed law further provides that the licensing authority of the following entities expires on July
1, 2028:
(1)La. State Boxing and Wrestling Commission
(2)La. Racing Commission
(3)La. Used Motor Vehicle Commission
(4)La. Motor Vehicle Commission
Proposed law further provides that the licensing authority of the Office of Financial Institutions
expires on July 1, 2030.
Proposed law exempts all of the following from proposed law:
(1)Health professionals, healthcare providers and licenses, and the Dept. of Health and all
statutory entities made a part of the department by present law.
(2)Attorneys.
(3)A license that requires a doctorate degree.
(Adds R.S. 3:1.1, R.S. 4:65(D) and 142.1, R.S. 6:1.1, R.S. 32:784(F) and 1254(Q), and R.S. 37:21.1)