SB1635 Summary

• Requires state department directors issuing occupational or professional licenses to issue expedited licenses to service members and their spouses within 30 days of receiving complete applications.

• Defines "service member" as active duty or reserve military personnel, including Coast Guard and National Guard members, or those who concluded active duty within the preceding 2 years.

• Establishes a temporary provisional license during the 60-day application review period for qualified service members and spouses, regardless of current state residency.

• Allows service members and spouses to place licenses in inactive status when relocating and expedites reactivation within 30 days upon return to Illinois.

• Credits all military service experience and training toward occupational licensing requirements and mandates each state department designate a military liaison to manage expedited applications.