Notice of Committee Passage for House Bill 1399

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HB 1399, titled AN ACT Relating to reducing barriers to professional licensure for individuals with previous criminal convictions, has been passed by the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:




Department of Licensing:
Section 2 subsection (7) allows DOL to collect new application fees, not to exceed 100 dollars to offset administrative costs. The assumed affected programs are all 100% license fee supported. A fee increase, equal to the costs contained in the expenditure section of this fiscal note, will be required to implement this legislation.  
 
This bill could result in more licenses being issued, but it is unknown how many.  Additionally, potential increased revenues would vary due to the number of types of licenses and associated fees.  Therefore, the revenue impact of this proposed legislation would be indeterminate.
 



Ten-year projection prepared in consultation with the following agencies:

Department of Licensing

The following legislators voted do pass:

Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos
Democrat
(360) 786-7944
sharontomiko.santos@leg.wa.gov

Representative Steve Kirby
Democrat
(360) 786-7996
Steve.Kirby@leg.wa.gov

Representative Cindy Ryu
Democrat
(206) 307-0769
cindy.ryu@leg.wa.gov

Representative Brandon Vick
Republican
(564) 888-2271
brandon.vick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Chris Corry
Republican
(509) 571-1048
CORRY_CH@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jeremie Dufault
Republican
(509) 728-9174
DUFAULT_JE@leg.wa.gov

Representative Amy Walen
Democrat
(425) 883-3366
WALEN_AM@leg.wa.gov



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