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Related to professional licensing, including by modifying provisions related to disciplinary action for certain licensed professions, and establishing inmate eligibility requirements for vocational programs offered by the department of corrections
Topics:Crime & correctionsJobs & workersProfessional licensing
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2019
- 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
This bill relates to professional licensing. Current law allows the electrical examining board to suspend or revoke the license of, or reprimand any electrician or electrical contractor licensed under Code chapter 103, if the licensee is convicted of a felony. Current law allows the plumbing and mechanical systems board to suspend or revoke the licensure of, or reprimand any plumber, mechanical professional, or contractor licensed under Code chapter 105 if the licensee is convicted of a felony related to the profession or occupation of the licensee or the conviction of any felony that would affect the licensee’s ability to practice their profession.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that these boards may instead suspend or revoke the license of, or reprimand, a licensee only if the licensee is convicted of a violent felony, as defined in the bill, under the laws of the United States, of any state or possession of the United States, or of any other country. Current law requires the director of the Iowa department of corrections, with the advice of the state prison industries advisory board, to coordinate opportunities for inmates of adult correctional institutions with vocational and technical training and apprenticeship programs, to the greatest extent feasible. The bill provides that the director shall ensure that any vocational, technical, or apprenticeship program offered to inmates which is related to a profession requiring state licensure shall be made available only to inmates who will be eligible to obtain such licensure upon release.
House subcommittee
Named February 27, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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