Bill Text: NJ S3145 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Concerns names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-11 - Approved P.L.2021, c.88. [S3145 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-S3145-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator NELLIE POU
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Concerns names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee on January 21, 2021, with amendments.
An Act concerning the names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure and supplementing P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. An application to be completed for a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification, or renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification, shall include:
(1) a line for the applicant to list a professional name;
(2) a line for the individual to list a legal name, if different from the professional name; and
(3) the ability for the applicant to choose which of the names is to appear on the license, certificate of registration or certification.
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, 1[this section] the provisions of this section1 shall apply to every applicant for or holder of a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification issued, renewed, reactivated, or reinstated by a board specified in section 2 of P.L.2013, c. 253 (C.45:1-15)1, or by any principal department of the Executive Branch of State government or any entity within any department or any other entity hereafter created to license or otherwise regulate a profession or occupation1.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment, except that anticipatory administrative action in advance may be taken as necessary for the implementation of this act.