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Committee approves technical corrections moving veterinary licensing checks to Board of Animal Health
Summary
House Bill 13 54, an agency bill with technical fixes for veterinary licensing and criminal background checks, passed the Senate Agriculture Committee 9-0. The measure updates statute language so background check results can be released to the Board of Animal Health and clarifies registered/permitted categories per FBI guidance.
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to advance House Bill 13 54, an agency-sponsored technical corrections bill that updates language related to veterinary licensing and criminal background checks.
Representative Aylesworth described the bill as a "technical correction" requested by the Board of Animal Health and the Board of Veterinary Medicine. Sarah Simpson, general counsel for the Board of Animal Health, told the committee the measure aligns state statute with…
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