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Senate approves licensing, background-check requirements for specified businesses after debate over local control
Summary
Senators debated House Bill 398, which requires local licensing and background checks for specified businesses, with supporters citing mayors' backing and opponents raising concerns about statewide preemption and administrative burden; the bill passed 22–2.
House Bill 398 returned to the Senate for final action March 2 after floor debate on the bill’s scope and enforcement. The bill, as read on the floor by the clerk under sponsor Cinder Main, requires an operator of the named type of business to obtain a license in a community where it operates and requires employees to be licensed; sponsors and supporters emphasized background checks as the key public-safety tool.
Senator Main said the measure addresses a pattern in which operators obtain a license in a jurisdiction that does not require the specific license or background checks and then…
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