Bill Text: HI HB1381 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Licensure; Veterans; Military Spouses; Endorsement; Reciprocity; Military Education, Training, or Service

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Act 185, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). [HB1381 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB1381-Amended.html

 

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1035

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1381

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1381, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to permit professional and vocational licensing authorities to license military veterans and the spouses of service members by endorsement or reciprocity, provided that the veteran or the nonresident spouse has obtained the equivalent of or exceeded the requirements of the licensing authority and:

 

     (1)  The veteran has been given an honorable discharge or general discharge from active duty within two years of applying for licensure and provides sufficient documentation of discharge; or

 

     (2)  The nonresident spouse is married to a military member in good standing who is stationed in Hawaii for at least one year.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; National Association for Uniformed Services; and Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from Hawaii Dental Association.

 

     Your Committee finds that veterans who leave the military often experience delays in finding post-service employment.  Your Committee further finds that individuals frequently accompany their service member spouse on military assignments.  This measure simplifies and expedites the employment of trained, educated, and highly qualified veterans and military spouses.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting section 2 and replacing it with language from S.B. No. 506, S.D. 2 (Regular Session of 2013), which clarifies and permanently establishes various requirements for licensure by endorsement and licensure by reciprocity, including expedited consideration of applications thereof, for military veterans; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1381, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1381, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

____________________________

WILL ESPERO, Chair

 

 

 

 

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