Mississippi House Bill 775 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That No Person Shall Be Disqualified From Pursuing, Practicing Or Engaging In Any Occupation For Which A License Or Certification Is Required Because Of A Prior Conviction Unless The Conviction Is Determined To Be Directly Related To The Occupation For Which The License Is Sought; To Provide That A Person Who Does Have Such A Conviction Shall Have An Opportunity To Present Evidence Of Rehabilitation And Mitigating Factors; To Provide That A Licensing Authority Shall Not Inquire Into Or Consider The Conviction History Of An Applicant Until After The Applicant Is Found To Be Otherwise Qualified For The License; To Provide An Appeals Process; To Amend Sections 73-9-24, 73-15-17, 73-15-19, 73-15-21, 73-15-101, 73-17-11, 73-21-85, 73-21-111, 73-21-126, 73-23-43, 73-25-3, 73-25-14, 73-25-32, 73-26-3, 73-27-5, 73-27-12, 73-30-9, 73-31-13, 73-34-14, 73-34-109, 73-35-10, 73-42-9, 73-53-11, 73-53-13, 73-54-17, 73-67-21, 73-69-7, 73-69-11, 73-71-19, 73-75-13, 75-15-11, 75-67-323, 75-67-421, 75-67-509, 75-67-609, 81-1-135, 81-18-9, 81-18-61, 83-39-3, 97-33-307 And 97-17-71.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 37-9-17, 41-59-101, 43-11-13, 43-20-14, 43-21-907, 73-15-201, 73-23-101 And 73-25-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Occupational licensing boards; revise how certain prior convictions are used by.

Rep. Joel Bomgar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-11	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0775.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0775IN.htm