Law
Universal licensure
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for attorney licensure by the Idaho Supreme Court, to prohibit additional methods of demonstrating competency to qualify for universal licensure, to provide for conditional licensure under certain conditions, and to provide for universal work recognition.

RS29952C1 / H0074

Consistent with the Governors Occupational Licensing Reform Act, the legislation creates a universal work recognition licensure pathway for individuals with four years of work experience in the military, another state, district, or territory of the United States that does not require a license to regulate that person’s profession or occupation but for which Idaho uses a license to regulate a profession or occupation. The bill removes outdated methods of establishing competency for licensure and clarifies that a board or commission decision related to a criminal conviction must be relevant to the occupation and license requested.

This legislation will have no impact on the states General fund or any dedicated fund or federal fund. The legislation does not add any fee schedules to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses dedicated fund.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/02 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
02/03 Reported Printed and Referred to Business
02/10 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
02/13 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
02/14 U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
02/15 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 65-4-1
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw(Yorgason), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Berch, Burns, Mathias, Roberts
Absent – Garner
Floor Sponsor - Crane(13)
Title apvd - to Senate
02/16 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources
03/03 Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
03/07 Placed in the Committee of the Whole
Amendments ordered printed
Reported out as amended; filed for first reading
Amendments reported printed
Read first time as amended in the Senate; Filed for Second Reading
03/08 Read second time as amended in the Senate, filed for Third Reading
03/09 Read third time as amended in the Senate – PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Dunn(Carlson), Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – None
Absent and excused – None
Floor Sponsor - Lakey
Title apvd - to House
03/13 Returned from the Senate Amended
Referred to Business for concurrence recommendation
03/14 Reported out of Committee and Recommend Concurrence
House Concurred in Senate Amendments
Bills as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing
03/15 Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills
Read first time as amended in Senate; Filed for Second Reading
03/16 Read second time as amended in Senate; Filed for Third Reading
Rules Suspended: Ayes 66 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 4, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-1-2
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias(Woodings), McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Berch
Absent – Miller, Nash
Floor Sponsor - Crane(13)
Title apvd - to enrol
03/17 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
03/20 Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
Signed by President; returned to House
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
03/21 Delivered to Governor at 4:20 p.m. on March 20, 2023
03/24 Reported Signed by Governor on March 23, 2023
Session Law Chapter 124
Effective: 07/01/2023
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