Washington State House of Representatives Office of Program Research | BILL ANALYSIS |
Business & Financial Services Committee |
HB 1052
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Brief Description: Repealing the requirement that credentialing authorities suspend a person's occupational credential for nonpayment or default of certain student loans.
Sponsors: Representatives Sawyer, Appleton, Bergquist and Macri.
Brief Summary of Bill |
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Hearing Date: 1/17/17
Staff: Peter Clodfelter (786-7127).
Background:
The state, through the Department of Licensing, the Department of Health, other state agencies, and numerous state boards and other state-created entities, issues credentials like licenses, certifications, and registrations to people and business entities in numerous occupations. A 1996 law added a requirement to various occupations' regulatory schemes to require the state credentialing authority to suspend a person's occupational credential if the person is certified by a lending agency and reported to the state credentialing authority for nonpayment or default on a federally or state-guaranteed education loan or service-conditional scholarship.
The following occupations' regulatory schemes contain this provision:
accountants;
architects;
assisted living facilities;
attorneys (law provides that the Washington State Supreme Court may adopt such a provision by rule);
auctioneers;
bail bond agents;
birthing centers;
boxing, martial arts, or wrestling event promotors, participants, and related occupations in the industry;
contractors;
cosmetologists, hair designers, barbers, manicurists, and estheticians;
court reporters;
embalmers and funeral directors;
engineers and land surveyors;
escrow agents;
fire sprinkler system contractors;
landscape architects;
numerous health-related professions;
plumbers;
poison information centers;
private investigators;
process servers;
real estate appraisers;
real estate brokers and managing brokers;
security guards;
teachers and other education-related occupations; and
water well construction-related occupations.
Summary of Bill:
The requirement that various state credentialing authorities suspend a person's occupational credential if the person is certified by a lending agency and reported to the state credentialing authority for nonpayment or default on a federally or state-guaranteed education loan or service-conditional scholarship is repealed.
The requirement is repealed from the following occupations' regulatory schemes:
accountants;
architects;
assisted living facilities;
attorneys (law provides that the Washington State Supreme Court may adopt such a provision by rule);
auctioneers;
bail bond agents;
birthing centers;
boxing, martial arts, or wrestling event promotors, participants, and related occupations in the industry;
contractors;
cosmetologists, hair designers, barbers, manicurists, and estheticians;
court reporters;
embalmers and funeral directors;
engineers and land surveyors;
escrow agents;
fire sprinkler system contractors;
landscape architects;
numerous health-related professions;
plumbers;
poison information centers;
private investigators;
process servers;
real estate appraisers;
real estate brokers and managing brokers;
security guards;
teachers and other education-related occupations; and
water well construction-related occupations.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.