AB 605

This bill requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services to

prepare a report containing certain information on any bill that is introduced in the

legislature that requires an individual to obtain a license in order to engage in a

particular profession or occupation or that requires that a license be obtained in

order for a particular type of business to be owned or operated. The Legislative

Reference Bureau must submit any bill to which the requirement applies to DSPS,

and the report must be distributed before certain actions are taken on the bill in the

legislature.

Under the bill, the report prepared by DSPS must include, among other

information, all of the following: 1) an evaluation of the potential for the unregulated

practice of the profession or occupation to harm the public; 2) an evaluation of

whether the public can reasonably be expected to benefit from requiring the

profession or occupation to be licensed; 3) an evaluation of what is the least

restrictive regulation, as defined in the bill, of the profession or occupation that

would effectively protect the public; 4) an analysis of licensure requirements for the

profession or occupation in other states; and 5) an estimate of the total additional

financial burden that will be imposed on an individual or business involved in the

profession or occupation as a result of the license requirement.