HB3934 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3934

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2105/2105-20 new

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law. Provides that a person applying for a professional license or certification who has met all State requirements for licensure or certification and who may legally work within the United States may not be denied a professional license or certification on the basis of the person's federal immigration status. Provides that if federal law prohibits the licensure or certification in a particular profession based on immigration status, a person to whom the federal law applies may not be issued a professional license or certification in this State.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2105-20 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-20 new)

Sec. 2105-20. Immigration status; licensing and certification.

(a) A person applying for a professional license or certification who has met all State requirements for licensure or certification and who may legally work within the United States may not be denied a professional license or certification on the basis of the person's federal immigration status.

(b) If federal law prohibits licensure or certification in a particular profession based on immigration status, a person to whom the federal law applies may not be issued a professional license or certification in this State.