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33	30		2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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37	34		HOUSE BILL NO. 4357 By: Hill
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45	44		An Act relating to occupational licensing; creating
46	45		Provisional License for Ex-Offenders Act; allowing
47	46		for the issuance of a provisional license or license
48	47		to an applicant with prior offenses; providing a time
49	48		frame that a provisional license is valid; allowing
50	49		occupational licensing authority to revoke
51	50		provisional license under certain circumstances;
52	51		allowing for occupational licensing authority to
53	52		issue a license to applicant after expiration of
54	53		provisional license under certain conditions;
55	54		preventing a provisional licensee from obtaining
56	55		another license if revoked; allowing for licensing
57	56		agency to use discretion for additional license
58	57		issuance; requiring applicant to inform occupational
59	58		licensing authority of community supervision;
60	59		requiring notice by the authority to probation or
61	60		parole department of provisional license issuance;
62	61		requiring notice by probation, parole department, or
63	62		court to notify agency of revocation of community
64	63		supervision or further charges of licensee; providing
65	64		for condition on provisional license if applicant
66	65		committed certain offense; allowing exception for
67	66		condition under certain conditions; allowing
68	67		licensing agency to use further discretion for
69	68		license issuance or time limitations; providing
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75	74		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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103	101		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
104	102		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4300 of Title 59, unless there
105	103		is created a duplication in numbe ring, reads as follows:
106	104		This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Provisional
107	105		License for Ex-Offenders Act".
108	106		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
109	107		in the Oklahoma Statu tes as Section 4300.1 of Title 59, unless there
110	108		is created a duplication in number ing, reads as follows:
111	109		A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless the
112	110		applicant has been convicted of an offense described in Section 3 of
113	111		this act, an occupational licensing authority shall issue t o an
114	112		otherwise qualified applicant who has been convicted of an offense
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116	114		1. License for which the applicant applied; or
117	115		2. Provisional license.
118	116		B. The provisional license shall be valid for terms ranging
119	117		between ninety (90) days and one (1) year, as specified by the rules
120	118		or the authority.
121	119		C. The occupational licensing authority may revoke a
122	120		provisional license if the provisional licensee:
123	121		1. Commits a new offense;
124	122		2. Commits an act or omission that causes the person 's
125	123		community supervision, mandatory supervision, or parole to be
126	124		revoked, if appliable; or
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154	151		3. Violates the law or rules governing the practice of the
155	152		occupation for which the provisio nal license is issued.
156	153		D. The occupational licensing authority shall issue the license
157	154		for which the applicant originally applied as a provisional licensee
158	155		on the expiration date of the provisional license term if the
159	156		provisional licensee does not violate the provisions of subsection C
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161	158		E. If the occupational licensing authority revokes a
162	159		provisional license due to violations of subsection C of this
163	160		section, the provisional licensee is not entitled to receive another
164	161		provisional license or a regular license for which the applicant
165	162		originally applied, even if otherwise qualified. The ability of
166	163		such a person to subsequently obtain an other such license in the
167	164		future is within the discretion of the occupational licensing
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169	166		F. An applicant who is on community supervision and who i s
170	167		issued a provisional lice nse under this section shall provide to the
171	168		occupational licensing authority the name and contact information of
172	169		the probation or parole department to which the applicant reports.
173	170		The occupational licensing authority shall notify the probation or
174	171		parole department that a provisional license has been issued to the
175	172		applicant. The probation or parole department shall notify the
176	173		occupational licensing authority if the person's community
177	174		supervision is revoked during the term of the provisional licensing.
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205	201		The court shall also notify the issuing authority if the person is
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207	203		G. If the applicant was convicted of an offense that involved
208	204		robbery, residential burglary, or a home invasion of any kind within
209	205		the last ten (10) years and, if the occupation involved requires a
210	206		licensee to enter private residences regularly, the provisional
211	207		license shall include a condition that the licensee work under the
212	208		accompanying supervision of another licensed in dividual without a
213	209		criminal record during home visits and the supervising individual
214	210		shall sign a verifying affidavit. If the offense occurred more than
215	211		ten (10) years prior to the issuance o f a provisional license, the
216	212		authority shall use its own discretion on requiring a supervision
217	213		condition with its license. The regular license may include this
218	214		supervision condition if the authority determines the condition is
219	215		warranted. The authority may conduct reasonable enforcement
220	216		activities to ensure this supervision condition is complied with
221	217		over the course of the license term.
222	218		H. Nothing herein shall be implicitly interpreted to preclude
223	219		an authority from exercising its existing discretion to issue a
224	220		license to individuals not covered in this section, except where
225	221		precluded by existing law.
226	222		I. The occupational licensing authority may set a time
227	223		limitation of not more than two (2) years since an applicant's last
228	224		conviction; provided, that if the person is incarcerated, the person
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256	251		may be denied a provisional license even if the waiting period has
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258	253		SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
259	254		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4300.2 of Title 59, unless there
260	255		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
261	256		A. This act shall not apply to :
262	257		1. Persons convicted of homicide, an aggravated violent felony,
263	258		a felony sex offense, or kidnapping;
264	259		2. Persons convicted of an offense involving fraud if the
265	260		licensed occupation is one in which the licensee owes a fiduciary
266	261		duty to a client;
267	262		3. Any occupation where the licensee would be supervising a
268	263		minor or an individual lacks the mental capacity to provide informed
269	264		consent without another licensee in the same room at all times; or
270	265		4. Any initial or renewal license application where the
271	266		applicant was convicted of committing an off ense in the course of
272	267		performing the duties of the occupation or a substantially similar
273	268		occupation.
274	269		B. If the occupational licensing authority deems another
275	270		exemption, not provided in this section, necessary in a specific
276	271		case to protect the public from clear and imm inent danger, the
277	272		authority may seek declaratory relief in district court through
278	273		judicial order finding that the applicant should not be issued a
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307	301		SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
308	302		in the Oklahoma Statutes a s Section 4300.3 of Title 59, unless there
309	303		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
310	304		Nothing in this act shall be construed to:
311	305		1. Require an employer or cons umer to employ or contract with a
312	306		worker who is not licensed or state certified;
313	307		2. Preempt federal regulations; or
314	308		3. Require a private certification organization to grant or
315	309		deny private certification to any individual.
316	310		SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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318		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES, dat ed 03/03/2022 - DO PASS,
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