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SB 145                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 145 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                               
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
           "An Act relating to professional licensing; relating to                                                             
               temporary licenses for certain professions; and                                                                 
          providing for an effective date."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs and Labor and                                                         
Commerce Committees.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Commerce, Community,                                                                    
          and Economic Development                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Governor's transmittal letter dated March 24:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Dear President Stevens:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority of Article III, Section 18 of the Alaska                                                                    
Constitution, I am transmitting a bill that consolidates temporary                                                              
professional licensing requirements and enhances license portability                                                            
for servicemembers and their spouses.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
This bill establishes a single, streamlined temporary license,                                                                  
administered by the Department of Commerce, Community, and                                                                      
Economic Development (DCCED), replacing the various temporary                                                                   
privileges found across Alaska’s professional licensing laws. This                                                              
improves the existing system, which requires a prospective applicant                                                            
to navigate a web of differing department and board-issued temporary                                                            
license types to identify the appropriate process to obtain a temporary                                                         
license. This new license grants a qualified applicant holding a valid                                                          
out-of-state license the ability to practice in the state for a specified                                                       
period (generally 180 days).                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
In addition to addressing temporary licensure, this bill brings Alaska                                                          
into compliance with federal professional license portability under the                                                         
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). It directs DCCED to issue,                                                              

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within 30 days of receiving a completed application, a professional                                                             
license to a servicemember or spouse who holds an out-of-state license                                                          
and relocates to Alaska under military orders.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
I urge your prompt and favorable action on this measure.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Mike Dunleavy                                                                                                                   
Governor