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Relating to a deferred judgment and the denial, suspension, or revocation of a professional license, driver’s license, or boating license
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary State licensing boards would no longer be allowed to deny, suspend, or revoke a person's professional, driver's, or boating license because of a deferred judgment. This rule prevents a deferred judgment from being used as a reason to take away a person's driver's or boating license. These changes also apply to the rules for morticians, accountants, and real estate agents.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to a deferred judgment and the denial, suspension, or revocation of a professional license, driver’s license, or boating license. The bill prohibits a licensing board from denying, suspending, or revoking a person’s professional license, driver’s license, or boating license because the person received a deferred judgment. The bill also prohibits a deferred judgment from being used as a reason to revoke a person’s driver’s license, or as a factor in determining whether a person’s driver’s license or boating license will be revoked. The bill makes conforming changes in the Code chapters governing the regulation of the practice of mortuary science, and the regulation of certified public accountants and real estate brokers and salespersons.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2020. On February 12, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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