ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

Senate: JUD DPA/SE 7-0-0-0 | 3rd Read 24-2-4-0-0

SB 1214: continuing education; agency license requirements

Sponsor: Senator Petersen, LD 14

Committee on Judiciary

Overview

Requires the Arizona Supreme Court to allow a member of the State Bar of Arizona to earn continuing legal education credit for attending continuing education to fulfill a license renewal requirement with a different agency if certain requirements are met.

History

The Arizona Supreme Court (Court) maintains under its direction and control a corporate organization known as the State Bar of Arizona (Bar), whose purpose is to serve and protect the public with respect to the provision of legal services and access to justice. By rule, every person licensed to engage in the practice of law in Arizona must be member of the Bar (Ariz. Sup. Ct. R. 32). Unless exempted, every active member of the Bar is required to complete a minimum of 15 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) each educational year, which begins on July 1 and ends on the following June 30 (Ariz. Sup. Ct. R. 45).

Similarly, members of several other professions that are regulated by Arizona agencies, boards and commissions—many of which are governed by A.R.S. title 32 (professions and occupations)—are required to complete continuing education requirements. For example, certain licensees regulated by the Arizona Department of Real Estate, among many others, are required to complete specified amounts of continuing education in order to renew their licenses (A.R.S. § 32-2130 and A.A.C. R4-28-402)

Provisions

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRequires the Court to provide that, if a member of Bar attends a continuing education program and earns continued education credit to fulfill a state agency license renewal requirement, the member will also earn CLE credit if the continuing education program does all of the following:

a)   consists of an organized program of learning;

b)   deals with matters directly related to the law;

c) follows an agenda;

d)   is accompanied by substantive or practical written materials or exercises. (Sec. 1)

2.   Defines state agency license renewal requirement as an amount of continuing education that a person must obtain in order to satisfy a requirement imposed by law to maintain or renew a professional license issued by an agency, board, commission or department of the state of Arizona. (Sec. 1)

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