Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3145 — State of New Jersey (January 21, 2021)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 3145, State of New Jersey, dated January 21, 2021, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. As amended, the bill requires applications for professional and occupational licenses, certificates of registration and certificates to include a line for a professional name, a line for a legal name if different, and a choice of which name appears on the credential. The statement says this lets individuals who built a business under one name keep using it after a legal surname change, preventing consumer confusion and avoiding costs of updated credentials and marketing. The amendments apply the bill to individuals credentialed by the Division of Consumer Affairs or another State entity regulating a profession or occupation.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
3145

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JANUARY
21, 2021

The
Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments
Senate Bill No. 3145.

As
amended, this bill clarifies current State policy requiring an individual to
list a legal name on an application when initially applying for or renewing,
reactivating, or reinstating a professional or occupational license,
certificate of registration, or certificate.

The
bill requires applications for a professional and occupational license,
certificate of registration, or certificate to include a line allowing an
individual to list a professional name, a line for the individual to list a
legal name, if different from the professional name, and the ability for the
individual to choose which name is to appear on the license, certificate of
registration, or certificate.

This
bill allows individuals who practice a specific profession or occupation by one
name to retain that name should the individual’s legal name change. Allowing an
individual who has built a business under one name to continue using it even if
the surname of the individual legally changes will prevent confusion among
consumers who are clients of that individual. It will also allow the individual
to forgo any additional costs required to obtain an updated license,
certificate of registration, or certification, and to update any business website,
advertising, or marketing.

The
bill’s provisions would apply to individuals in professions or occupations
regulated by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and
Public Safety or a profession or occupation regulated by another State entity.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

The committee amended the bill to add language so that
the provisions of the bill apply to individuals licensed, registered, or
certified by the Division of Consumer Affairs or another State entity that
licenses or otherwise regulates a profession or occupation.

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