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Senate bill would let fire chiefs consider rehabilitated convictions when hiring; supporters call it a recruitment tool
Summary
SB 362 would give municipal fire chiefs discretion to qualify applicants with certain past convictions for firefighter positions, excluding people required to register on violent-offender registries. Supporters said it expands recruitment and reentry opportunities for rural departments; no opponents were recorded in the excerpt.
Senator Tony Tzczak presented Senate Bill 362 to allow fire chiefs discretion to qualify an applicant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony — provided the conviction is not for an offense that requires registration as a sex or violent offender — for municipal firefighter positions. Tzczak framed the bill as a…
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