HB5482 Summary

• Allows applicants to provide an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) as an alternative to a social security number when applying for a professional license with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

• Prohibits denial of licenses, certificates, or registrations solely based on an applicant's citizenship status or immigration status.

• Makes conforming changes to the School Code, Pharmacy Practice Act, and Attorney Act to align with the immigration status protections for educators, pharmacists, and attorneys.

• Removes citizenship requirements from the Pharmacy Practice Act (Section 6) that previously required applicants to be U.S. citizens or legally admitted aliens.

• Eliminates the DACA-specific licensing provision in the Attorney Act and replaces it with broader language prohibiting discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status.