North Carolina House Bill 587 would create a twelve-member Legislative Study Commission on Occupational Licensing to:
- Identify outdated and unnecessary occupational licensing laws that should be repealed
- Identify existing occupations that are regulated that do not require licensing
- Study alternatives to occupational licensing laws that would work effectively
- Study to what extent occupational licensing laws create barriers for individuals, including low-income individuals, from entering into new occupations.
- Study any other matters that the Commission deems relevant.
Other key provisions in the bill including tasking the Office of Management and Budget with a annual review of the state's 18,000 rules and regulations.
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