ASSEMBLY, No. 2308
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED JANUARY 27, 2020
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Concerns names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the General Assembly on March 1, 2021.
An Act concerning the names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure and supplementing P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. An application to be completed for a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification, or for a renewal, reactivation or reinstatement of a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification, shall include:
(1) a line for the applicant to list a professional name;
(2) a line for the individual to list a legal name, if different from the professional name; and
(3) the ability for the applicant to choose which of the names is to appear on the license, certificate of registration or certification.
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, 1[this section] the provisions of this section1 shall apply to every applicant for or holder of a professional or occupational license, certificate of registration, or certification issued, renewed, reactivated, or reinstated by a board specified in section 2 of P.L.2013, c. 253 (C.45:1-15)1, or by any principal department of the Executive Branch of State government or any entity within any department or any other entity hereafter created to license or otherwise regulate a profession or occupation1.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment, except that anticipatory administrative action in advance may be taken as necessary for the implementation of this act.