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CS/CS/CS/HB 3: Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; State Affairs Committee ; Business and Professions Subcommittee ; Grant, M. ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bush ; Roth ; Sabatini

Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing; Preempts licensing of occupations to state; provides exceptions; prohibits local governments from imposing additional licensing requirements or modifying licensing; specifies that certain local licensing that does not meet specified criteria does not apply & may not be enforced; specifies that certain specialty contractors are not required to register with Construction Industry Licensing Board; prohibits local governments from requiring certain specialty contractors to obtain license; specifies job scopes for which local government may not require license; authorizes counties & municipalities to issue certain journeyman licenses.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/6/2019 House • Filed
    2/13/2019 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 22
    2/14/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 02/21/19, 10:30 am, Webster Hall
    2/21/2019 House • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 5 -HJ 308
    2/22/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    2/27/2019 House • Original reference(s) removed: Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
    • CS referred to State Affairs Committee; Commerce Committee -HJ 294
    • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 294
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 22
    • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 288
    3/12/2019 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/14/19, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
    3/14/2019 House • CS/CS by State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 7 -HJ 441
    3/15/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 435
    3/18/2019 House • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 445
    3/19/2019 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 03/21/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
    3/21/2019 House • CS/CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 5 -HJ 489
    3/22/2019 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    3/25/2019 House • CS/CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time -HJ 483
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 496
    4/4/2019 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
    4/10/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 621
    • Amendment(s) failed (366869) -HJ 621
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/11/2019 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 658
    • CS passed; YEAS 88 NAYS 24 -HJ 658
    4/18/2019 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 391
    4/22/2019 Senate • Received -SJ 391
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Community Affairs

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  • CS/CS/CS/HB 3, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/22/2019 at 2:38 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1748 Preemption of Local Regulations Perry Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Community Affairs Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    366869 - Amendment
    Remove lines 42-43 and insert:     		Goff-Marcil 4/5/2019
    3:54 PM     		House: Failed
    4/10/2019     		PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/11/2019 3:41 PM House 88 Yeas - 24 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    163.21 Page 2 (pdf)
    489.117 Registration; specialty contractors. Page 3 (pdf)
    489.1455 Journeyman; reciprocity; standards. Page 4 (pdf)
    489.5335 Journeyman; reciprocity; standards. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/HB 3, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/15/2019 at 8:24 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/22/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1748 Preemption of Local Regulations Perry Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Community Affairs Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    163.21 Page 1 (pdf)
    489.117 Registration; specialty contractors. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 3, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/22/2019 at 3:48 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/14/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1748 Preemption of Local Regulations Perry Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Community Affairs Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    163.21 Page 2 (pdf)
    489.117 Registration; specialty contractors. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • HB 3, Original Filed Version Posted 2/6/2019 at 3:53 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Business and Professions Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/22/2019 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    743053 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Mariano 2/21/2019
    10:03 AM     		Adopted without Objection
    2/21/2019     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    163.21 Page 2 (pdf)
    489.117 Registration; specialty contractors. Page 7 (pdf)

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