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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3634 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 317 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | James Arciero |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to professional licensure. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James Arciero2nd Middlesex1/17/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/26/2025Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/23/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3634 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 317 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 317) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | James Arciero, Colleen M. Garry and Paul McMurtry relative to professional licensure. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 244 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to professional licensure. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 147 of the general laws is hereby amended in section 1 by striking the section in |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following new section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 1. (a) The commissioner of occupational licensure shall supervise the work |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4of the several boards of registration and examination included in the division of occupational |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5licensure. The commissioner shall recommend changes in the methods of conducting |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6examinations and transacting business and shall make such reports to the governor and council as |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7they may require or as the commission may deem expedient. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (b) The commissioner may consider requests to eliminate, reduce, or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9otherwise diminish standards or requirements for professional licensure of individuals, 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10businesses, or trades; provided however that the commissioner shall not have the authority to |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11grant said requests without approval by a majority vote of the board of registration that oversees |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12the trade or profession said request affects. |
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