Bill Text: NH HB1368 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to consideration of criminal records for occupational and professional licensing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-04 - Signed by the Governor on 8/1/2014; Chapter 0302; Effective Date 1/1/2015. [HB1368 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1368-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 302
HB 1368 – FINAL VERSION
19Feb2014… 0450h
05/15/14 1783s
4Jun2014… 1927CofC
4Jun2014… 2011EBA
2014 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1368
AN ACT relative to consideration of criminal records for occupational and professional licensing.
SPONSORS: Rep. Heffron, Rock 18
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill prohibits certain regulatory boards and commissions from denying a license to any person because of a prior conviction of a crime in and of itself.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19Feb2014… 0450h
05/15/14 1783s
4Jun2014… 1927CofC
4Jun2014… 2011EBA
14-2036
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to consideration of criminal records for occupational and professional licensing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
302:1 New Section; Criminal Conviction. Amend RSA 332-G by inserting after section 9 the following new section:
332-G:10 Criminal Conviction. No board or commission shall disqualify a person from practicing, pursuing, or engaging in any occupation, trade, vocation, profession, or business for which a license, permit, certificate, or registration is required under this title, nor suspend or revoke such license, certificate, or registration because of a prior conviction of a crime in and of itself. However, a board or commission may deny a license or certificate, or the renewal of a license or certificate, or may suspend or revoke such license or certificate, because of a prior conviction after considering the nature of the crime and whether there is a substantial and direct relationship to the occupation, trade, vocation, or profession for which the person has applied, and may consider information about the rehabilitation of the convicted person, and the amount of time that has passed since the conviction or release.
302:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
Approved: August 1, 2014
Effective Date: January 1, 2015
