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Senate moves bill to standardize how licensing boards use criminal records and allow advance eligibility checks
Summary
SB207 would standardize which offenses licensing boards may consider, require a direct-relationship finding to disqualify applicants, create a predetermination process so applicants can check eligibility before training, and require public reporting on licensing decisions; the committee advanced the bill unanimously.
A Georgia Senate committee unanimously advanced Senate Bill 207, a comprehensive rewrite that standardizes how state occupational licensing boards evaluate applicants’ criminal records and creates an advance predetermination process for prospective workers.
Authoring senators told the committee the bill, carried as LC 492185, is largely the same measure considered last year and aims to reduce barriers to employment for Georgians with prior records by clarifying which offenses boards may consider and by requiring a finding of a direct and substantial relationship between an applicant’s offense and the licensed occupation before denying licensure.
The bill specifies that boards may…
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