OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for equivalency between high school graduation and graduation from a nonpublic school for licensing requirements.

Signed by Governor on 03/26/26 Session Law Chapter 135 Effective: 03/26/26

Reported delivered to Governor at 4:33 p.m. on 03/25/26

Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor

Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate

Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker

Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling

Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-2-1AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – Berch, ChurchAbsent – CornillesFloor Sponsor - RedmanTitle apvd - to Senate

Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading

Read First Time, Referred to Business

Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading

Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 31-1-3AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Keyser(Galloway), Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – WintrowAbsent and excused – Den Hartog, Rabe, WoodwardFloor Sponsor - ToewsTitle apvd - to House

Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading

Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading

Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended

Amendments reported printed

Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment

Reported out without recommendation, as amended

Placed in the Committee of the Whole

Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment

Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources

Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing