Bill Text: TX HB91 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a review of occupational licensing requirements and an applicant's criminal history.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB91 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB91-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 91 | ||
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| relating to a review of occupational licensing requirements and an | ||
| applicant's criminal history. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. REVIEW OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING ELIGIBILITY | ||
| REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO CRIMINAL HISTORY; REPORT. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "License" means a license, certificate, | ||
| registration, permit, or other authorization that: | ||
| (A) is issued by a licensing authority; and | ||
| (B) an individual must obtain to practice or | ||
| engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession. | ||
| (2) "Licensing authority" means a department, | ||
| commission, board, or other agency of the state that issues a | ||
| license. | ||
| (b) Each licensing authority shall, for each license issued | ||
| by the authority that has an eligibility requirement related to an | ||
| applicant's criminal history, review the requirement and make a | ||
| recommendation regarding whether the requirement should be | ||
| retained, modified, or repealed. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2018, each licensing | ||
| authority shall submit a report on the results of the authority's | ||
| review to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and each member of the legislature and include the | ||
| authority's recommendations. | ||
| (d) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 91 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 91 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 91 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
