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SB 555

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Occupational Licensing Boards and Commission on Judicial Disabilities - Reporting Disciplinary Activities

Sponsor: Ron Watson (District 23)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsStatus: Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring business occupation licensing boards to include on license, registration, and certification application and renewal forms an option for the applicant to provide the applicant's gender, race, and ethnicity; requiring the business occupation licensing boards to encourage applicants to provide gender, race, and ethnicity information; requiring business and health occupation licensing boards to include certain information related to disciplinary activities in the boards' annual reports; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVElefant, CarolynLaw Offices of Carolyn ElefantOral
FAVTomlin, ValeriaTomlin Law OfficeOral
FAVSenator Watson, Senator WatsonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWatson, RonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWise, SteveIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFElalamy, SaraMaryland JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
UNF(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOShek, HeatherMaryland Department of HealthWritten (PDF)

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