Bill Text: CA AB1702 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Professions and vocations: incarceration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 410, Statutes of 2014. [AB1702 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1702-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Professions and vocations: incarceration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 410, Statutes of 2014. [AB1702 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1702-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1702 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Maienschein FEBRUARY 13, 2014 An act to add Section 480.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1702, as introduced, Maienschein. Professions and vocations: incarceration. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, among other entities. Existing law establishes various eligibility criteria needed to qualify for a license and authorizes a board to deny a license on the grounds that the applicant has been convicted of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which application is made. This bill would provide that an individual who has satisfied any of the requirements needed to obtain a license while incarcerated, who applies for that license upon release from incarceration, and who is otherwise eligible for the license shall not be subject to a delay in processing the application or a denial of the license solely based on the prior incarceration, except when the incarceration was for a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 480.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 480.5. (a) An individual who has satisfied any of the requirements needed to obtain a license regulated under this code while incarcerated, who applies for that license upon release from incarceration, and who is otherwise eligible for the license shall not be subject to a delay in processing his or her application or a denial of the license solely based on the prior incarceration, except as provided in Section 480. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a petition for reinstatement of a license. (c) This section shall not apply to the licensure of individuals under the initiative act referred to in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 2.