Bill Text: HI HB2257 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Licensing; Licensure by Endorsement; Licensure by Reciprocity; Nonresident Military Spouses

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 247, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1350). [HB2257 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2257-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  519-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2257

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2257, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist military spouses to maintain continuity in their career paths by authorizing professional and vocational licensing authorities to allow applicants to demonstrate competency in lieu of work requirements under specified conditions and establishing procedures to expedite the issuance of licenses, certifications, or permits to military spouses.

 

     The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2257, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

		____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair