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Committee approves expanded fingerprint background checks for massage‑parlor licensing
Summary
House File 286 would allow local governments to require fingerprint-based federal background checks for massage practitioners and establishments; the Senate committee moved the bill forward after law‑enforcement testimony that state-only checks can miss out‑of‑state records and aliases.
House File 286 would permit city and county licensing authorities to require fingerprint-based federal background checks (FBI checks) for massage therapists and massage establishments rather than relying solely on the state purpose‑code E check. Sponsor Senator Ron Howe said state-level checks can be too narrow and fail to reveal…
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