HB 1849: DCCA; PROFESSIONAL OR VOCATIONAL LICENSING; CITIZENSHIP; INDIVIDUAL TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-02-20: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Removes the barrier that requires applicants for professional or vocational licensing to be United States citizens, United States nationals, or persons with work visas. Allows an applicant to provide the applicant's individual tax identification number with a sworn affidavit in lieu of social security numbers when the applicant does not have a social security number. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Discussed in Hearing
2MINHouse Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce
1MIN