Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4608
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2020-09-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations

Licensing and registrations

Military personnel and dependents

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5708-5709)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill provides for the portability of professional licenses of service members and their spouses who are relocated under military orders to a location that is not within the jurisdiction of the license.</p> <p>Specifically, a professional license in good standing of a service member or spouse shall be considered valid and in good standing in the new jurisdiction for the duration of such military orders. </p> <p>To establish and maintain eligibility, a service member or spouse must (1) provide a copy of the military orders to the licensing authority in the jurisdiction in which the new residency is located; (2) remain in good standing with the licensing authority that issued the license; and (3) submit to the authority of the licensing authority in the new jurisdiction for the purposes of standards of practice, discipline, and fulfillment of any continuing education requirements.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4608 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 17, 2020 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Cotton , Mrs. Feinstein , Mrs. Blackburn , Ms. McSally , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Daines , Mr. Blunt , Mrs. Loeffler , Ms. Ernst , Mr. Risch , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Braun , Mr. Romney , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Thune , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Hoeven , and Mr. Tillis ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the portability of professional licenses of members of the uniformed services and their spouses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act of 2020 . 2. Portability of professional licenses of members of the uniformed services and their spouses (a) In general Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 705 ( 50 U.S.C. 4025 ) the following new section: 705A. Portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and their spouses In any case in which a servicemember has a professional license in good standing in a jurisdiction or the spouse of a servicemember has a professional license in good standing in a jurisdiction and such servicemember or spouse relocates his or her residency because of military orders to a location that is not in such jurisdiction, the professional license or certification of such servicemember or spouse shall be considered valid and in good standing in the jurisdiction of such new residency for the duration of such military orders if such servicemember or spouse— (1) provides a copy of such military orders to the licensing authority in the jurisdiction in which the new residency is located; (2) remains in good standing with the licensing authority that issued the license; and (3) submits to the authority of the licensing authority in the new jurisdiction for the purposes of standards of practice, discipline, and fulfillment of any continuing education requirements. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 705 the following new item: Sec. 705A. Portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and their spouses. .