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Senate committee hears bill from red‑tape task force to standardize licensing disqualifiers and create waiver process
Summary
Senate Bill 451, originating from the governor's Red Tape Reduction Task Force and presented with AG's office support, would define disqualifying criminal-history factors for Title 17 occupational licenses and create a five-year waiver pathway for rehabilitated applicants; committee adopted an amendment clarifying grandfathering and exclusions.
Senate Bill 451, sponsored in committee by Senator Cooper, was presented as a fulfillment of recommendations from the governor's Red Tape Reduction Task Force. Counsel from the Attorney General's Office said the bill "originates back under the red tape reduction task force" and aims to standardize how licensing boards treat criminal-history disqualifiers and to set out a waiver process.
The AG's counsel told the…
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