Deregulation of Professions and Occupations
Summary
Deregulation of Professions and Occupations; Citing this act as the “Occupational Freedom and Opportunity Act”; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to waive the requirement to pass the Commercial Driver License Skills Tests for certain servicemembers and veterans; deleting the requirement that a yacht broker maintain a separate license for each branch office; specifying that the failure to repay certain student loans is not considered a failure to perform a statutory or legal obligation for which certain disciplinary action can be taken; revising licensure requirements for engineers who hold specified licenses in another state, etc.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/20/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 01/21/20, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Nov 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Albritton
RRepublican
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