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S.B. 327: Occupational Licensing Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: Senate

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill repeals the licensing requirement for multiple occupations

  • Repeals the licensing requirement for: a commercial interior designer; a court recorder; the practice of deception detection; and the practice of music therapy
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Business · Construction · Education · Health and Human Services · Mental Health · Mental Health Professionals · Judicial Operations · Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice · Occupational and Professional Licensing

How it moved

  1. · Senate1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Senateto standing committeeEconomic Development and Workforce Services Committee
  3. · SenateSenate Comm - Favorable RecommendationEconomic Development and Workforce Services Committee
  4. · Senatefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 1st Sub. S.B. 327 (Green), dated March 5, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation could reduce licensing revenue by $9,000 ongoing beginning in FY 2027. This, combined with the reduction in expenditures listed below, could increase the year-end transfer from the Commerce Service Account to the General Fund by $39,000 ongoing beginning in FY 2027.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation could reduce costs to the Department of Commerce from the Commerce Service Account by $48,000 ongoing beginning in FY 2027 due to the removal of four licenses and the associated administration costs.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct, measurable costs for local governments.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation could reduce the number of people paying a $32 to $47 licensing fee by 434, which would aggregate to a reduction of $9,000 in payments.

Bill overview

Sponsor: John D. Johnson

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.