By: Hancock, Blanco S.B. No. 1818
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to
certain military service members, military veterans, and military
spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55.004, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) On receipt by a state agency of an application for a
license in accordance with this section, the agency shall promptly
issue a provisional license to the applicant while the agency
processes the application or issue the license for which the
applicant applied. A provisional license issued under this
subsection expires on the earlier of:
(1) the date the agency approves or denies the
provisional license holder's application for the license; or
(2) the 180th day after the date the provisional
license is issued.
SECTION 2. Section 55.0041, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) On receipt by a state agency of the notice and
information required by Subsections (b)(1) and (2), the agency
shall promptly issue the confirmation under Subsection (b)(3) or
issue a provisional license to the military service member or
military spouse pending the issuance of a confirmation under
Subsection (b)(3). A provisional license issued under this
subsection expires on the earlier of:
(1) the date the agency issues or denies confirmation
under Subsection (b)(3); or
(2) the 180th day after the date the provisional
license is issued.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2025, a state agency,
as defined by Section 55.001, Occupations Code, shall adopt rules
to implement Sections 55.004(b-1) and 55.0041(b-1), Occupations
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.