Friday,March 29th, Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 27-45, which exempts spouses of military servicemembers from all occupational licensing, registration, and certification fees, eliminating barriers to career opportunities for military spouses in Kansas. In February 2023, Governor Kelly announced that Kansas was the first state in the nation to join the Alliance for States Providing Interoperable Reciprocity or ASPIRE. This coalition advocates for the acceleration of military reciprocity by and between states, easing the process of obtaining an occupational license in a state to which military personnel and their families are deployed.
Kelly says that as a daughter of a career army officer, she knows the importance of supporting the military personnel and their spouses and adds that this bill knocks down barriers and ensures military spouses have every opportunity to fill jobs created in Kansas
