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Committee approves amendment and advances bill to allow national background checks for massage and adult entertainment licenses
Summary
House File 286, amended (A3), would authorize local governments to obtain national fingerprint-based criminal-history checks for applicants for adult entertainment and massage-business licenses; the committee recommended the bill to the General Register after testimony from law enforcement about gaps in state checks.
The Minnesota House Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee voted to adopt an A3 amendment and recommended House File 286, as amended, to pass and be re-referred to the General Register. The bill would authorize counties and cities to obtain national fingerprint-based criminal-history checks in addition to current state checks for applicants for adult entertainment establishments and massage business licenses.
Representative Bridal Perryman, a co-author, said the bill responds to instances where out-of-state actors used ostensibly legitimate massage or entertainment licenses…
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