Video & Transcript Research : 'interstate licensing'

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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Higher Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • they would be eligible for the multi-state license, and some would only get a single-state license in
  • licensed.
  • It does not impact the interstate compact.
  • My question is about, I think, your statement: it does not impact the interstate compact.
  • They do the licensing. So my understanding, they do the licensing.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education heard testimony on a broad set of bills focused on making public higher education more affordable and accessible, protecting student information, and changing social work licensure rules. Chair Rogers and Senator Comerford opened by emphasizing the committee’s focus on financial aid, tuition and fee waivers, scholarships, admissions, and institutional changes, and they reminded witnesses about the three-minute testimony limit. No votes were taken during the hearing. A large portion of the hearing centered on the “Super Act” (H. 1423/S. 218), which would eliminate the master’s-level social work licensing exam and create grant support for social work internships. Supporters—including students, practitioners, educators, and advocates—argued that unpaid internships and the exam create financial barriers, worsen workforce shortages, and disproportionately affect Black, brown, older, ESL, and other marginalized candidates. Opponents from the Association of Social Work Boards argued the exam is a necessary public-protection standard, helps maintain uniform licensure, and is important to the social work licensure compact; they said workforce shortages should be addressed through pay, working conditions, and caseloads instead. Committee members asked detailed questions about compact participation, exam accommodations, and how other states such as Rhode Island and Connecticut have handled similar changes. The committee also heard extensive testimony in favor of debt-free public higher education bills (H. 1436/S. 929). Witnesses, including students, faculty, advocates, and Senator Eldridge, said Massachusetts should expand on free community college by covering tuition and mandatory fees at public colleges and universities, with additional aid for living costs for lower-income students. Supporters said student debt delays homeownership, family formation, and career entry, and that the state should use Fair Share revenue to invest in public higher education. Some committee members voiced support but also raised concerns about prioritizing K-12 funding and the cost of expanding free college further. Several witnesses also supported bills to extend tuition and fee waivers to young adults raised by grandparents or other kinship guardians outside the DCF system, arguing that these students face the same trauma and financial barriers as foster youth but do not receive the same benefits. Representative Donato, Joseph O’Leary, Shauna Manning, Sandra Vecchio, Karen Gardner, Judy Walter, Elaine Arsenault, and others described the financial strain on grandparents raising grandchildren and urged parity with DCF-related waivers. In addition, Senator Jake Oliveira testified for a bill to protect public higher education student directory information from data mining and unauthorized sharing, and Deirdre Cummings testified for an open educational resources bill to reduce textbook costs. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on kinship care and college access, with committee members thanking witnesses and indicating follow-up on some bill language issues.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • to provide these license plates to them.
  • Licensed converters can physically attach and affix the plates to the finish. Mr.
  • Do they require the license plates to be put on by the dealer? Yes, sir, to a point. Not exactly.
  • The guy that represented the dealer said that y'all could just get a license and work this out.
  • Yeah, but if you got the license, then you could put them on yourself. Yes, sir.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 1st, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • I held a journeyman license for up to 20 years before I obtained my master license.
  • Um House Bill 705 will enter Texas into the Interstate Cosmetology license compact.
  • I'm the director of licensing at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
  • upon their license.
  • Changes in licensing or licensing would stay with Texas.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • in the community of Saint John's force and some of whom must traverse the walkway next to the 90 interstate
  • And what it does specifically is it extends the Interstate compact, an educational opportunity for military
  • The interstate compacts multi-state agreement designed to ease school transitions for children of active
  • diagnosis, but also include children with an individual family support plan documentation from a licensed
  • individual family support plan documentation from a licensed health care professional also allows use
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - Part 1 - 04/28/25

Finance

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  • reduction for games and fish licenses reduction for games and fish licenses for<00:06:50.240>
  • veterans fishing and hunting licenses. veterans fishing and hunting licenses.
  • <00:25:14.720> down This brings most of those licenses down This brings most of those licenses
  • On line 497 is a governor's proposal relating to the licensing information lookup for child care licenses
  • proposal um relating to the licensing proposal um relating to the licensing information<02:09:44.800
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Feb 11th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of those, 18 million are licensed drivers, and they travel a total average of 300 million miles every
  • Of those, 18 million are licensed drivers, and they travel a total average of 300 million miles every
  • So we try to kind of define this a little bit to differentiate between interstates, right?
  • We try to define this a little bit to differentiate between interstates, right?
  • This is a little bit to differentiate between interstates, right?
Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation met to hear presentations from the Florida Department of Transportation on rural arterial roadways and transportation resiliency, followed by a panel discussion on metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). FDOT’s Will Watts described the state’s growing population and travel demand, emphasizing that rural arterials are critical for connectivity, freight movement, evacuation routes, and congestion relief. He outlined FDOT’s project selection factors, noted thousands of identified rural arterial needs with billions in unfunded demand, and explained that the department uses community input and long-range planning to prioritize safety, capacity, and economic development. Watts then discussed resiliency planning for hurricanes and flooding, focusing on structural design, storm readiness, and drainage. He highlighted efforts such as elevated bridges, wave attenuators, coastal armoring, drainage upgrades, and materials testing at FDOT’s research facilities to extend service life and reduce storm damage. Committee members asked about local project selection, materials research, LiDAR use, and legislative support; Watts said local coordination drives project priorities and asked lawmakers to protect the Transportation Trust Fund. The MPO panel, led by FDOT’s Kim Holland, explained that MPOs are federally required in urban areas over 50,000 population and that Florida has 27, the most in the nation. Holland said MPOs identify and prioritize transportation needs through long-range plans and public engagement, and she noted that several regions are exploring consolidation after the 2020 Census, especially in Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida. Representatives from MetroPlan Orlando, Forward Pinellas, Pasco MPO, and Hillsborough discussed their structures and the potential benefits and challenges of merging, including representation, governance, funding, and maintaining local voice. Members generally supported regional collaboration, urged patience as studies continue, and emphasized the need for transparent public engagement, while the committee adjourned after no further business.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/02/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • If there is, the license is not granted.
  • <01:17:31.639> in<01:17:31.840> that licensed in that licensed in that area<01:17:34.600
  • We are less than 2 miles off of Interstate 93 in either direction, north or south.
  • We are less than 2 miles off of Interstate 93 in either direction, north or south.
  • <02:12:15.599> medical prescribed by a licensed medical prescribed by a licensed medical provider
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 03/10/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • States still retain authority over the license and can add additional criteria to the license.
  • ,<01:22:52.680> we<01:22:52.760> still license under this compact, we still license
  • professional license here in Minnesota. professional license here in Minnesota.
  • <01:29:27.280> and them the equivalent license and them the equivalent license and the<01:
  • > credit providing licensed cosmetologists credit providing licensed cosmetologists credit for
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Interstate travel is all included in Senate Bill 5.
  • That is clearly a violation of federal interstate law.
  • I hold a production license and a producer license. A processing license, a manufacturing license.
  • I also have a production license in Oklahoma.
  • I own two licensed hemp shops in Austin.
Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB 5, SB 11, SB 12
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 31, 2025 - 04:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • These stakeholders include county and municipal officials, local EMT operators, licensed physicians,
  • This bill would allow Florida to become a compact state, which would allow licensed social workers to
  • CS for HB 989 will simplify the foster care home license transfer process, ensuring foster parents who
  • This streamlines a licensure application process for licensed foster parents who are in good standing
  • I spoke to a licensed clinical psychologist who said when it comes to surveys, what is important is to
Summary: The committee took up a large health and human services agenda and first approved HB 711, the Spectrum Alert bill, which would create a statewide alert system for missing autistic children and require FDLE to coordinate training with state and local agencies. The measure drew a supportive waiver from the Florida Smart Justice Alliance and passed unanimously, 24-0, reported favorably. Members then considered CS for HB 229 on health facilities, which modernizes the Health Facilities Authority Act to allow additional nonprofit health system structures to use tax-exempt financing. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring advance notice, public hearings, and stakeholder notifications before a nonprofit hospital closure, and another removing a property tax exemption for a nonprofit hospital that closes and fails to maintain emergency services for 120 days, applied retroactively to January 1, 2025. The Florida Hospital Association opposed the amendments, citing workforce and nonprofit-status concerns, but the bill as amended passed 24-0. The committee also approved CS for HB 1405 on juvenile justice status offenders, expanding early truancy intervention, parent involvement, and shelter placement review timelines; it passed 24-0. CS for HB 27, joining the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, and its linked public records bill CS for HB 29 both passed unanimously after supportive testimony from several advocacy and business groups. The committee then debated HB 111 on out-of-network referrals and HB 1083 on patient access to records. HB 111 would require referring practitioners to inform patients in writing when a referral is out of network and to apply out-of-network payments to deductibles; it drew opposition from medical groups over administrative burden and patient-care concerns, but passed 17-8. HB 1083 would shorten the time for producing medical records to 14 working days and standardize access rules, with amendments clarifying portal access and delaying the effective date to January 1, 2026; despite opposition from some health information and provider groups over HIPAA and access concerns, it passed 19-7 as amended. Later, the committee approved HB 883, allowing autonomous practice for psychiatric nurse practitioners with the required credentials, after strong support from nurse practitioner groups and opposition from psychiatric and medical associations; it passed 23-3. HB 1297, which aligns Florida’s electronic prescribing exceptions with federal law and removes several state exemptions, passed 19-7 despite opposition from hospice, emergency physician, rheumatology, and medical groups concerned about paper prescriptions in emergencies and hard-to-find medications. HB 1353 on home health care services and CS for HB 989 on foster home licensure transfers both passed unanimously after supportive amendments. The committee also heard HB 1505 on parental rights, which would require written parental consent for many health care services, surveys, and biofeedback devices for minors and expand parental access to records; the bill drew extensive support testimony but also questions and concerns about confidentiality, abuse reporting, and existing exceptions, and the transcript ended before a final vote on that bill.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • these license plates to licensed converters, so converters can physically attach and affix the plates
  • Y'all could just get a license and work this out with DMV. Why don't you just do that?
  • No, no, but I thought he was saying that you would get licensed as a dealer.
  • And his license plates are SO. I don't have it. Go ahead, sir. Do you have any questions?
  • And fourth, it clarifies the $10 dealer temporary license plate fee is a one-time charge.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Environment and Natural Resources Jan 27th, 2026

Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a licensed Florida underground contractor as well as a licensed Florida general contractor.
  • It's done by a Florida-licensed civil engineer.
  • For the longest time, Johnson Davis just had a utility contractor's license.
  • I have a utility contractor's license.
  • I have a plumbing license, and I have a general contractor's license.
Summary: The committee took up several environmental bills, beginning with SB 1682 on local administration of vessel restrictions. Senator Trumbull said the bill would give cities and counties tools to address abandoned, derelict, and long-term anchored vessels while following state standards and FWC guidance. Members from affected areas spoke in support, citing recurring derelict vessel problems and the difficulty and cost of removal once vessels sink. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1468 on advanced wastewater treatment, which would require DEP to compile a detailed statewide report on wastewater treatment plants, including construction age, treatment levels, contaminant data, spill history, flood risk, and receiving waterbody impairment information. Florida Rural Water Association testified that any move to require advanced treatment for all plants over one MGD could create major financial burdens without dedicated funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also considered CS/SB 1294 on biosolids management, with a strike-all amendment adopted. Senator Bradley said the revised bill would require bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products to be land applied only at agronomic rates and, absent a bona fide sale, only at permitted DEP-approved sites, with a transition date moved to July 1, 2028. Supporters said it would protect water quality and legitimate fertilizer and compost markets, while rural utilities asked for funding and flexibility. The committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1628 on net zero policies by governmental entities. Senator Avila said the bill would prohibit local governments and other governmental entities from adopting or funding net zero policies, imposing related fees or taxes, or operating cap-and-trade or carbon trading programs. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying the definition of carbon dioxide. The bill drew extensive debate: supporters argued it would protect residents and businesses from higher costs and preserve predictability, while opponents said it would block local climate and clean-energy policies, including electric buses, energy-efficiency measures, and climate resilience planning. After public testimony on both sides, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 1474 on biosolids management, which Senator Gates said would require biosolids and septage to be treated at the highest practical level when wastewater treatment facilities are reasonably accessible and would bar Class B land application within 50 miles of a permitted wastewater facility. An amendment applying the statutory definition of septage was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 558 on stormwater system standards. Senator Burgess said it would create statewide standards for municipal and county stormwater systems using FDOT guidelines and third-party inspections, with an amendment making technical changes and broadening who may perform inspections. Supporters said uniform standards could improve safety and reduce failures, while contractors, engineers, and industry groups warned it could raise costs, delay projects, and preempt stronger local standards. The bill remained under discussion as the transcript ended.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • or permit, and allows for the suspension of a license for one verified violation of the building code
  • Additionally, the bill requires licensed midwives to disclose their professional liability insurance
  • status to patients and establishes annual reporting requirements for licensed midwives to DHS.
  • Madam Witt, members, House Bill 2437 adopts the EMS personnel licensure interstate compact to allow EMS
  • personnel to obtain the privilege to practice in other compact states and establishes the interstate
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The meeting was a caucus-style review of two packets of bills, with staff reading summaries and members briefly explaining several measures. Topics included appropriations for pregnancy resource centers, home- and community-based services for the elderly and people with disabilities, veteran specialty courts, child care grants and infrastructure, language acquisition services for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, ambulance service regulation, short-term rental rules, tourism improvement areas, manufactured home installer licensure, CPR/AED training in schools, veterans’ park fee exemptions, and multiple child welfare and family-court bills. Several Senate bills were also reviewed, including optometry standards, behavior analyst licensure transfer, virtual mental health hearings, and assisted-living residency rules. Members speaking for bills emphasized themes such as supporting aging in place, improving rural ambulance access and reporting, protecting children in DCS cases, preventing poverty alone from being treated as neglect, and expanding access to health screenings and services. Other sponsors described measures to help veterans, strengthen school safety, and create local funding or improvement mechanisms for tourism and child care. Some bills were described as technical or administrative changes, such as post-nuptial agreement rules, tax lien procedures, and local government contract posting requirements. No formal votes were taken in the transcript excerpt, but many bills were noted as being on the consent calendar or third-read consent calendar, while a few had been removed from consent or were not yet on a calendar. The meeting concluded after the final bill on the second packet, HB 4025, was summarized as creating a study committee on gasoline and petroleum refinery feasibility.
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

WV Senate Government Organization Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 09:03 am

Government Organization

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would enact the interstate cosmetology licensure compact.
  • Previously, they only had to be licensed. The bill looks...
  • funeral director or have an embalmer's license.
  • funeral director or have an embalmer's license.
  • emeritus license to be renewed more often than every four years.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Government Organization met to approve minutes and then considered a series of House bills, most of which were reported to the full Senate with recommendations that they do pass. House Bill 5063 would let county commissions appoint county commissioners as voting members of convention and visitors bureau boards, including for multi-county CVBs. House Bill 5087 would enact the interstate cosmetology licensure compact, allowing multi-state practice for licensed cosmetologists in member states and authorizing criminal history checks. House Bill 5638 would clarify the State Chief Information Security Officer’s duties, shift cybersecurity oversight to annual program reviews, and add software licensing protections; it was amended and reported. House Bill 4483, concerning funeral directors and funeral establishments, was amended only to change an effective date and make technical corrections before being reported. House Bill 5653 would expand confidentiality for Department of Revenue audit-related materials to prevent taxpayers from gaming audit selection, and House Bill 4452 would repeal church acreage limits in state code after discussion of constitutional concerns and current practice. House Bill 4801 would expand permissible uses of hotel occupancy tax revenues for demolition of unsafe structures and property planning or improvements, and House Bill 5622 would create an expedited process for municipalities to conform election terms and charter provisions to the requirement that local elections coincide with state elections. The committee also adopted a strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 4546, which allows business entities to file reports biennially instead of annually, extends the correction period for deficient reports, and adjusts fees and enforcement provisions; the amendment removed a conflicting section and made technical corrections. House Bill 5613 would define and expand the use of telematics in fleet management, require related reporting and rulemaking, and include a cost-benefit analysis in the division’s annual report. House Bill 5323 would let the Division of Natural Resources adjust license and stamp fees for inflation by removing a prior CPI-based prohibition. House Bill 4819 would revise how criminal records are considered for certain non-Chapter 30 licenses, shifting to a “directly related” standard while preserving existing exclusions for violent sexual offenses; members discussed that point before reporting the bill. The committee adopted all amendments presented, reported the bills, and then adjourned after closing remarks from the chair and vice chair.
NV

Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session May 30th, 2025 at 02:00 pm

Nevada Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, public health insurance plans, health care licensing
  • 230, introduced by Assembly Member Marzola, enacts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate
  • This Assembly bill ratifies and enters into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
  • This Assembly bill ratifies and enters into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
  • I have amendment No. 924. for a pilot program to assess the competency of applicants for a license to
Keywords: 909, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • requests to protect the license holder's personal contact information.
  • The compact also maintains high licensing standards.
  • hygienists to be licensed on the spot.
  • They are simply licenses that are being recognized from one state to another.
  • PAs must hold an active, unencumbered license in their home state.
Bills: HB111
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty One - Thursday, April 30

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • you're a licensed engineer.
  • A licensed professional, I believe you're a licensed engineer.
  • Gentlemen, I'm a licensed professional. I'm a licensed attorney. I did attend Rolla.
  • So I don't have an engineering license. I have a legal license. A license wasn't required.
  • So I don't have an engineering license. I have a legal license. Okay.
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal by roll call vote, 120-0. Members also suspended House Rule 98 to allow hats on the chamber floor, approving that motion 87-32. The chamber then recognized several special guests and personal introductions, including the Eugene High School basketball team, family members of members, and other visitors. One member delivered a lengthy personal privilege speech responding to a U.S. Supreme Court voting-rights decision and urging protection of democracy and voting access. In committee reports, the House received favorable reports on substitute House Bill 2426 and Senate Bills 866 and 863. The chamber then agreed to a conference on the property-tax omnibus package, Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. On third reading, House Bill 3329 passed 142-0, repealing expired tax credits, and House Bill 3405 passed 138-0, cleaning up SALT deduction language and clarifying it as a deduction rather than a credit. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2426, a parental-rights bill, was debated at length with opposition focused on its school reporting and financial-ledger provisions, but the motion to pass it failed 70-60. The House then took up Senate Bill 1233, a licensure bill dealing with CPA licensing and other professional licensing provisions. One amendment removing compacts and related language was adopted, a nursing-home physicals amendment was withdrawn, and the bill passed 129-6. Senate Bill 1408, originally a highway-speed bill, was heavily amended to remove some Department of Revenue and other provisions, while adding or revising items including vehicle inspections, motorcycle lighting, hands-free enforcement, driver education, and specialty plates for women’s professional sports; it passed 82-53. The final bill of the day, Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill 863, creating a five-member interscholastic athletic oversight commission for appeals from statewide activities associations, was introduced and debated, with questions raised about its relationship to MSHSAA.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary (3-5-26)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • That would not be the test that would subsequently result in their license being suspended.
  • If they refuse that test, their license shall be suspended.
  • This makes clear that license suspension shall take place at the time of arraignment.
  • This makes clear that license suspension shall take place at the time of arraignment.
  • sale of human regarding interstate sale of human remains.<00:20:33.280> And<00:20:33.440>
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard and advanced several bills. Senate Bill 198, relating to operations of the Office of the Attorney General, was described as a cleanup measure with seven changes, including allowing the AG’s office to handle child support employee background checks and fingerprinting, updating child support guideline commission references, clarifying control of constitutional officers’ records in multistate litigation, setting a 10-year statute of limitations for certain consumer protection matters, streamlining administrative hearing appeals, and changing representation of the professional geologist board. After questions about the administrative hearing appeal language, the committee passed the bill 9-0. The committee then passed Senate Bill 323, which would require subpoenas for medical records to be served at least 14 days before production. President Stivers said the bill is intended to give health care providers reasonable time to comply with HIPAA, redact records, and avoid motions to quash when subpoenas are served on short notice. A question about appeal deadlines was answered by noting the bill would not affect the common 10-day motion-to-reconsider rule. The bill passed 9-0. Senate Bill 66, as amended by committee substitute, was also passed 9-0. The substitute addressed DUI-related issues, including preserving certain driving records for 10 years, removing urine screens from the bill, adding fentanyl and other substances to the per se controlled-substances DUI list, and clarifying that a preliminary breath test may be refused and that officers should advise drivers of that right. The committee also passed Senate Bill 221, a model-law bill making the knowing purchase, sale, transfer, or offer to sell human remains for consideration a Class D felony; members asked about whether it could affect older medical specimens or fetal remains, and sponsors said the bill is aimed at remains authorized for final disposition through cremation or burial. That bill passed 8-0. Finally, Senate Bill 312, concerning court-ordered transports in mental health cases, was presented by court security and sheriff’s association representatives. They said the bill clarifies that sheriffs may use court security staff to monitor and transport individuals undergoing 202A mental health evaluations, addressing staffing shortages and existing practice. The committee passed the bill 8-0. The committee then began hearing Senate Bill 333 on body armor grants, with the Attorney General’s office testifying that the bill would transfer administration of the Law Enforcement Protection Program to the AG and align it with the office’s existing body armor grant program, but the transcript cuts off before any vote on that measure.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance May 6th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have license suspension. This is new because this is not in place.
  • I just had a situation like that with a gentleman who was trying to get his license for something.
  • I just had a situation like that with a gentleman who was trying to get his license for something.
  • And then all of a sudden they found out that, something else, get a passport, get a license, and then
  • And so I really like this bill, and so this is just going to affirm that they are licensed in the state