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House debates 'fingerprint' background-check bill and circles it for review
Summary
The House considered HB124 (education background-check amendments), adopted an amendment to tie fingerprints to the FBI 'wrap back' system, heard questions about how the bill treats 'job related' convictions and then voted to 'circle' (hold) the bill for further legal review.
Representative John Handy introduced HB124, described in the hearing as the education background-check amendments commonly called the "fingerprint bill." He said the bill would allow employers and school districts to enroll and retain applicants' fingerprints at the FBI level so that updates — arrests, dispositions or warrants — would be relayed back to the requesting entity. "It's the ability to enroll, register, and retain…
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