HB766--SUSPENSIONOFPROFESSIONALLICENSES
SPONSOR: Stinnett
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
ProfessionalRegistrationandLicensingbyavoteof18to1.
Currently,allgovernmententitiesissuinglicenses,certificates,
registrations, orpermitsinMissourimustprovidetheDirectorof
theDepartmentofRevenuewiththenameandSocialSecuritynumber
ofeachapplicantforlicensureorlicenseeofsuchentitieswithin
onemonthoftheinitialapplicationortherenewalapplication.
Ifthelicenseeisdelinquentonanystatetaxesorhasfailedto
filestatetaxincometaxreturnsinthelastthreeyears,the
DirectoroftheDepartmentofRevenuemustsendnoticetothe
governmententityandlicensee. Inthecaseofsuchdelinquencyor
failuretofile,thelicensee'slicensewillbesuspendedwithin90
daysafternoticeofsuchdelinquencyorfailuretofile,unless
theDirectoroftheDepartmentofRevenueverifiesthatsuch
delinquencyorfailurehasbeenremediedorarrangementshavebeen
madetoachievesuchremedy.
Thisbillrepealsthoseprovisions.
ThisbillisthesameasHB2699(2024).
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisremovesunnecessaryburdens
onobtainingandrenewingprofessionallicenses. Thereareother
waysthattheDepartmentofRevenuecancollecttaxesthatare
owed.Thisisaworkforcefriendlybill.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Stinnett;
MissouriChiropracticPhysiciansAssociation;MOSocietyof
ProfessionalLandSurveyors;UnitedWE;andArnieC.Dienoff.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaythemajorityofpeople
whoareaffectedbythecurrentlawoweverysmallamountsandmay
notevenknowtheyoweanything.
TestifyinginpersononthebillwasWesleySutton,Divisionof
ProfessionalRegistration.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.