Relating to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 19, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeApril 1, 2025
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to licensure fees for professional licenses, permits, and certifications. The bill requires the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (department) to consult with each board, commission, committee, council, and other entity of state government identified in the licensure renewal and fee study (study) issued by the department to propose uniform licensure fees for each license in a tier identified in the study. The bill requires the department to, not later than months after the effective date of the bill, submit a regulatory analysis of proposed rules as necessary to implement the uniform licensure fee proposed for licenses in a tier, if adopting the fee by rule is otherwise authorized by law.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named April 8, 2025. On April 16, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Jane Bloomingdale REmail
• Rep. Austin Baeth DEmail
• Rep. Chad Behn REmail

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