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Arizona Universal License Recognition

First state to broadly recognize out-of-state licenses.

Labor & WagesState HouseLiberty checkEvidence favors the policy

B · 20/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Let licensed workers practice when they move.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics cite standards.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

HB2569 (2019): 8,000+ licenses issued, ~13,100 jobs, ~$1.2B (CSI/Goldwater/IJ models).

4 · Liberty check

Expands worker mobility and the right to work.

5 · The real tradeoff

Liberty-expanding; estimates are models.

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