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Committee OKs bill letting pharmacy board consider criminal convictions when licensing
Summary
House Bill 2802 would allow the State Board of Pharmacy to consider criminal convictions when deciding licenses, aligning pharmacy with other professional boards, and it passed the committee unanimously.
Representative Marty presented House Bill 2802 to the House Business Committee and described it as “common sense legislation.” The sponsor said the bill “authorizes the state board of pharmacy to consider criminal convictions prior to issuing a license,” and noted other boards already have that authority.
The nut graf: sponsors framed the bill as bringing the pharmacy board into the same practice as other licensing boards — for example, boards that consider convictions for professions such as medicine, optometry and law — and the committee voted to advance the bill.
There was no extended debate recorded in the transcript. A motion to adopt was made and seconded; the clerk announced the vote as 9 ayes, 0 nays and the bill was declared to pass in committee.
Representative Marty thanked committee members after the vote.
Votes at a glance: House Bill 2802 — motion to adopt moved by Representative Marty; committee vote recorded as 9 ayes, 0 nays.
