More states are expected to adopt universal licensure in 2024, including the nation’s fastest growing state, Florida. Curry points out that thus far more than 8,000 workers have utilized Arizona’s universal licensing recognition law. Universal licensing recognition legislation introduced in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, LB 16, is also poised to move during the 2024 session. In fact, occupational licensing reform was one of the rare issues where the Obama and Trump administrations were on the same page. “Numerous governors have already signed versions of universal licensing recognition into law, and even more are poised to enact the reform in the next few years.”

Source: Forbes January 20, 2024 00:08 UTC