By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1217
(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2019; March 7, 2019,
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
May 3, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent
to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1217 By: Whitmire
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the consideration of certain arrests in determining an
applicant's eligibility for an occupational license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 53, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 53.0231 to read as follows:
Sec. 53.0231. LIMITATION REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF
CERTAIN ARRESTS. For purposes of determining a person's fitness to
perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the
licensed occupation, a licensing authority may not consider an
arrest that did not result in the person's conviction or placement
on deferred adjudication community supervision.
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.
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