To enact section 5903.101 of the Revised Code to require relevant military experience to be considered by state licensing boards and agencies and by private state contractors and to provide a waiver of a licensure or certification fee if a veteran is within six months of separation from active military duty.

Section 1. That section 5903.101 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5903.101. (A) A state department, division, board, commission, agency, or other state governmental unit, or a private state contractor, authorized by the Revised Code to grant a licensure or certification shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence, consider relevant education, training, or service completed by an individual as a member of the armed forces of the United States or reserve components thereof, the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military reserve, or the Ohio naval militia toward the qualifications required to receive the licensure or certification.

(B) If, within six months before or after discharge or separation, an individual otherwise qualified to receive a licensure or certification presents satisfactory evidence of honorable discharge or separation under honorable conditions, the state department, division, board, commission, agency, or other state governmental unit, or a private state contractor, issuing the licensure or certification shall waive any licensure or certification fee.