House Study Bill 180 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LABOR BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DEYOE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to professional licensing, including by 1 providing for a review of professional licenses and allowing 2 for preapplication qualification reviews, and providing 3 fees. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2218YC (7) 88 ss/rn

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 2.69, subsection 4, Code 2019, is amended 1 by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0d. (1) Review and analyze approximately 3 one-third of all professional licenses, certifications, and 4 registrations available in the state during each two-year 5 period, such that each license, certification, and registration 6 shall be reviewed within six years. The committee may require 7 the submission of information by the relevant licensing, 8 certifying, or registering entities and other interested 9 parties. The committee shall consider the direct and indirect 10 costs, utility, and health and safety implications of 11 requiring such licenses, certifications, and registrations. 12 The committee shall include in the report required pursuant 13 to paragraph “d” a recommendation regarding whether the 14 legislature should enact legislation that: 15 (a) Repeals a professional license, certification, or 16 registration. 17 (b) Converts an occupational license to a certification or 18 registration, or converts a certification to a registration. 19 (c) Changes the requisite qualifications for a professional 20 license, certification, or registration. 21 (d) Redefines the scope of practice of a professional 22 license, certification, or registration. 23 (e) Reflects any other recommendation made by the 24 committee. 25 (2) Any professional license, certification, or 26 registration requirement not reviewed by the committee pursuant 27 to subparagraph (1) or not reviewed in a report adopted by 28 the general assembly pursuant to subsection 4, paragraph “d” , 29 within eight years of the effective date of this Act shall be 30 repealed effective July 1, 2027. 31 Sec. 2. Section 2.69, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code 2019, 32 is amended to read as follows: 33 d. Issue a report, including its findings and 34 recommendations, to the general assembly. The general assembly 35 -1- LSB 2218YC (7) 88 ss/rn 1/ 3

H.F. _____ shall vote on the adoption of each report. 1 Sec. 3. Section 84A.5, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 2 following new subsection: 3 NEW SUBSECTION . 16. Maintain a list on the internet site of 4 the department of workforce development of each professional 5 license, certification, and registration issued in the state 6 and the requirements to receive each license, certification, or 7 registration. The department of workforce development shall 8 update the list as soon as practicable after the conclusion of 9 each session of the general assembly. 10 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 272C.13 Disqualifications for criminal 11 convictions limited. 12 An individual may petition a licensing board, in a form 13 prescribed by the licensing authority, for a determination as 14 to whether the individual’s criminal record will prevent the 15 individual from receiving a license. The licensing board shall 16 issue such determinations within thirty days of receipt. The 17 licensing board may charge a fee to recoup the costs of such 18 a determination, provided that such a fee shall not exceed 19 twenty-five dollars. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill relates to professional licensing in this state. 24 The bill instructs the state government efficiency review 25 committee to review and analyze approximately one-third of 26 all professional licenses, certifications, and registrations 27 issued in the state during each two-year period in which 28 the committee must meet. The bill authorizes the committee 29 to require the submission of information from the relevant 30 licensing, certifying, and registering entities and other 31 interested parties. The bill requires the committee to 32 consider the direct and indirect costs, utility, and 33 health and safety implications of requiring such licenses, 34 certifications, and registrations. The committee is required 35 -2- LSB 2218YC (7) 88 ss/rn 2/ 3

H.F. _____ to make recommendations regarding the reviewed licenses, 1 certifications, and registrations in its statutorily mandated 2 report. The bill requires the general assembly to vote on the 3 adoption of each such report. Any license, certification, 4 or registration not reviewed by the committee or in a report 5 adopted by the general assembly within eight years of the 6 effective date of the bill shall be repealed effective July 1, 7 2027. 8 The bill requires the department of workforce development 9 to maintain on the internet site of the department a list of 10 each professional license, certification, and registration 11 issued in the state and the requirements to receive each 12 license, certification, or registration. The bill directs the 13 department to update the list as soon as practicable after the 14 conclusion of each session of the general assembly. 15 The bill also allows a person seeking to obtain a 16 professional license to submit a petition to a licensing board 17 for a determination as to whether that person’s criminal record 18 will disqualify the person from receiving a license from the 19 board. A licensing board must issue a determination within 30 20 days of receiving a petition and may charge a fee of up to $25 21 to recoup the costs of such a determination. 22 -3- LSB 2218YC (7) 88 ss/rn 3/ 3