SB13 • 2025

Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Senator Thatcher, Senator Bonham,, Weber,, Woods,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.

Digest: Says that a board that issues job licenses must let a person who wants one to show job experience instead of schooling if the license needs a high school diploma.

What This Bill Does

Digest: Says that a board that issues job licenses must let a person who wants one to show job experience instead of schooling if the license needs a high school diploma.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-11 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Labor and Business.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Says that a board that issues job licenses must let a person who wants one to show job experience instead of schooling if the license needs a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational or professional services.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to educational requirements of professional licensing boards; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 13
Sponsored by Senator THATCHER; Senator WEBER (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Says that a board that issues job licenses must let a person who wants one to show job
experience instead of schooling if the license needs a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score:
60.7).
Requires a professional licensing board to consider experience in lieu of a high school diploma
or an equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide certain occupational
or professional services.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to educational requirements of professional licensing boards; creating new provisions;
amending ORS 670.030; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 670.030 is amended to read:
670.030. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Occupational or professional service” means a service:
(A) That an individual must possess a license, certificate or other form of authorization to pro-
vide under the laws of this state; and
(B) Over which a professional licensing board has regulatory oversight.
(b) “Professional licensing board” means a state agency or board that licenses, certifies or oth-
erwise authorizes individuals to provide an occupational or professional service.
(2) A professional licensing board that regulates an occupational or professional service and that
requires up to a high school diploma or equivalent for licensure, certification or other authorization
to provide the occupational or professional service [ may] shall consider an applicant’s relevant ex-
perience in lieu of the required education.
(3) A professional licensing board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2.
(1) The amendments to ORS 670.030 by section 1 of this 2025 Act become
operative on January 1, 2026.
(2) A professional licensing board may take any action before the operative date specified
in subsection (1) of this section that is necessary to enable the board to exercise, on and
after the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all of the duties, functions
and powers conferred on the board by the amendments to ORS 670.030 by section 1 of this
2025 Act.
SECTION 3. This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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