A bill introduced in the 2010-2011 Legislative session and carried over to the 2012-2013 Legislative session would allow NJ's Professional Licensing Boards to grant reciprocity, without taking an examination, to applicants licensed in other states that meet equal or greater licensing requirements than the State of New Jersey.
The problem with the original version of this bill was there was no reciprocity included in the bill. The way the bill was written, there was no requirement for any other state to grant reciprocity to a NJ Licensee in return for NJ granting reciprocity to their Licensee.
NJECPAC who represents the interests of NJ's Electrical Contractors were the only group that picked up that obvious flaw in the bill. NJECPAC was successful in having the bill amended to require that in order for reciprocity to take place the corresponding state would have to also grant the same reciprocity to NJ's Licensees. The Electrical Licensing Board currently opposes reciprocity with other states.
If passed, A1545 would also grant a grace period for licensees whose license has expired to allow a period of time that the business can operate while the appropriate steps are taken to renew the license. Read the current Bill Here
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