Licensing requirements.

Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs is comprised of various boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, and similarly constituted agencies that license and regulate the practice of various professions and vocations for the purpose of protecting the people of California. Existing law requires each of these entities to submit annually to the director of the department its methods for ensuring that every licensing examination it administers is subject to periodic evaluation. This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct a study and submit to the Legislature and the department by July 1, 2017, a report identifying, exploring, and addressing occupational licensing requirements that create unnecessary barriers to labor market entry or mobility. The bill would repeal this requirement on January 1, 2021.