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HB 3422

Relating to energy facility compliance with statewide planning goals; prescribing an effective date.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Shelly Davis and 4 co-sponsors

The bill requires the licensing department to systematically review every license and proposed authority, publish findings, and report to the General Assembly on a defined schedule

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3422

HB 3422 — Department licensure review and reporting (Introduced 2025)

Note: the bill header supplied references energy facility planning, but the text and synopsis of HB 3422 (Rep. Tony M. McCombie) amend the Department of Professional Regulation Law to require systematic reviews and reporting of licensure programs. This summary follows the bill text provided.

Main purpose

Require the State licensing department to systematically review every license, certification, or other regulatory authority it issues (and proposed new authorities), publish findings, and deliver formal reports to the General Assembly on a defined schedule. The purpose is to increase transparency, assess costs and benefits, evaluate whether regulation is necessary and appropriately tailored, and recommend administrative or statutory changes.

Key provisions

  • Adds Section 2105-410 to the Department of Professional Regulation Law.
  • Ongoing program reviews:
    • The Department must review each existing license/certification/authority, including associated costs and fees.
    • A report must be delivered to the General Assembly no later than 12 months prior to termination of the relevant licensing Act under the Regulatory Sunset Act.
    • The report must be published on the Department website at least 30 days before delivery to the General Assembly.
  • New-license reviews:
    • The Department must review any proposed new license/certification/authority (including projected costs/fees).
    • A report on a proposed new authority must be delivered to the General Assembly no later than 30 days after the filing date of the bill proposing it.
    • If a proposed authority becomes law, the Department must complete a review and report within 24 months after that law’s effective date, then continue reviews per the schedule.
  • Required report contents (non‑exhaustive): necessity of the license/authority; whether original conditions have changed; whether regulation is the least restrictive approach; whether rules align with legislative intent; economic impact and competition effects; program budget, staffing, processing speed and costs, technical resources, disciplinary efficacy and costs; complaint/investigation adequacy; scope-of-practice optimization; fairness of fees (considering applicant income, profession income, education costs, Department costs, and equitable fee levels); training/continuing education necessity; use of criminal-history-based sanctions with related data; and recommended administrative or statutory changes.
  • The Department may conduct and publish reviews earlier than the timelines when it reasonably believes a different level of regulation is necessary for public safety/welfare or where there have been requests to regulate a previously unregulated profession.

Who is affected

  • The Department responsible for professional licensure (agency implementing the new reporting duties).
  • Licensed individuals and businesses subject to State licenses, certifications, and authorities.
  • Applicants and prospective entrants to regulated professions.
  • Consumers and employers (indirectly) through potential changes to scope, fees, and regulation.
  • The General Assembly, which will receive and may act on the reports’ recommendations.

Procedural/timeline notes

  • Introduced/Filing dates: Filed Feb 26, 2025; introduced/first reading Feb 18, 2025 (records show filings beginning Feb 7–26).
  • Legislative actions: Read first time Mar 21, 2025; referred to State Affairs; public hearing Mar 25, 2025; in committee upon adjournment (as of Jun 28, 2025).
  • Effective date: Not specified in the provided text (title mentioned prescribing an effective date, but no explicit date appears in the excerpt).

Potential impacts

  • Increased transparency and data-driven oversight of occupational licensing programs.
  • Administrative workload and potential resource needs for the Department to complete reviews and reports.
  • Possible policy outcomes: recommendations to reduce, retain, or expand regulation; fee adjustments; procedural or statutory reforms; and changes to criminal-history policies for licensing.

If you want, I can extract the full list of required report elements as a checklist or draft sample report sections the Department might produce.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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