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Committee fixes FBI fingerprinting language, exempts WIC from licensing language in technical update to HB 185
Summary
House Bill 185 returned to committee for technical edits. Lawmakers replaced outdated FBI fingerprinting language and added a carve‑out exempting the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program from the bill’s licensing provisions at the request of the Department of Public Health.
Representative Earhart told the committee that House Bill 185 had been recommitted for two technical edits. The bill now operates off a substitute (LC520820S) to correct outdated FBI fingerprinting references on lines 363–369 and to add a narrow exemption for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on lines 519–521 at the request of the Department of Public Health.
Earhart described the FBI language update as a rules-caught error and said the WIC carve-out was requested by public‑health officials to avoid jeopardizing federal nutrition programs. Committee members raised no objections; the bill was advanced by voice vote and sent back to rules.
The committee recorded no roll-call tally in the transcript.
