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House rejects bill to grant 'special function' status to licensing investigators after heated debate over firearms and authority
Summary
The House declined to pass HB 39, which would have designated certain Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing investigators as 'special function officers' with post‑certification and legal protections; the floor vote followed intense debate over whether they should be authorized to carry firearms and what authorities and benefits the status would confer.
House Bill 39, which would have created a statutory special‑function status for certain investigators in the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, failed after extended floor debate and an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to alter the firearms language.
Representative Phil Pott introduced the bill as a means to provide investigators with recognition, post‑certification and legal protections. He said…
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