Amendments	Fiscal Memos
SA0983	Amendment 1-0 to SB2850

	Amendments	Fiscal Memos
HA0587	Amendment 1-0 to HB2900

NOTE: Each fiscal memorandum applies only to the amendment(s) identified in the memorandum. The fiscal memorandum must be matched to any amendments that have been adopted.

Fiscal Summary

NOT SIGNIFICANT

Bill Summary

ON MARCH 25, 2024, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2900, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 revises the bill by, instead, authorizing an applicant for a professional license or certificate that is issued pursuant to the law regarding medicine and surgery and osteopathic physicians, for practice as a physician, to show that the applicant has applied for a valid visa that would authorize the applicant to work in the U.S. under federal law.

ON APRIL 10, 2024, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 2900 FOR SENATE BILL 2850, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2900, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:

(1) Requires every state governmental entity and local health department to verify, in the manner provided in the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act, that each applicant who is 18 or older and applies for a federal, state, or local public benefit from the state governmental entity or local health department, is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States pursuant to the federal Immigration and Nationality Act; and

(2) To satisfy the citizenship or lawful presence requirement of (1) above, authorizes an applicant for a professional license or certificate that is issued pursuant to: (i) state law for practice as a physician, including osteopathic physicians, to show that the applicant has applied for a valid visa that would authorize the applicant to work in the United States under federal law; or (ii) state law relative to intoxicating liquors, to show that the applicant has a valid J-1 or F-1 student visa, as verified by the alcoholic beverage commission.