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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0533* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 533 |
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| 8 | 8 | | P3, C2, J2 2lr1659 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF SB 523 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Pena–Melnyk, B. Barnes, Lehman, Love, Shetty, Terrasa, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Valentino–Smith |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 21, 2022 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Economic Matters |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Occupations and Professions – Licenses, Certificates, and Registration – 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Immigrants 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a State occupational or professional licensing board from 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | denying an occupational or professional license, certification, or registration to an 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | immigrant if the individual meets certain requirements; and generally relating to 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | occupational and professional licenses, certifications, or registrations to immigrants. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – State Government 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 8–506 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2021 Replacement Volume) 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article – State Government 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8–506. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “IMMIGRANT” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL : 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) WHOSE COUNTRY OF ORI GIN IS A COUNTRY OTH ER THAN THE 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | UNITED STATES; 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) WHO IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITES STATES; AND 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE. 21 2 HOUSE BILL 533 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) A STATE OCCUPATIONAL OR PROF ESSIONAL LICENSING B OARD MAY 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | NOT DENY AN OCCUPATI ONAL OR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE, CERTIFICATION , OR 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | REGISTRATION TO AN I MMIGRANT IF THE INDI VIDUAL OTHERWISE MEE TS ALL 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | EDUCATIONAL , TRAINING, OR PROFESSIONAL REQU IREMENTS FOR LICENSU RE, 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | CERTIFICATION, OR REGISTRATION . 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | October 1, 2022. 7 |
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