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Senate committee reviews nine proposed amendments to OPR bill H588, adds FBI background‑check language
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Operations examined draft 1.1 of committee amendments to H588, with legislative counsel Tim Dudlin outlining nine targeted edits to professional regulation law, including new board authority to obtain FBI checks and requiring applicants to pay background‑check costs. Members pressed for details on timelines and fee effects.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on April 7 reviewed draft 1.1 of committee amendments to H588, the miscellaneous Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) bill, with legislative counsel Tim Dudlin walking members through nine separate amendment instances.
Dudlin told the committee the package “reflect[s] changes requested by the Office [of Professional Regulation],” and that the draft is a series of targeted edits rather than a strike‑all rewrite. The amendments include technical changes to disciplinary procedures, edits to how stipulations and notices are provided to complainants, and timing changes for administrative reviews.
Among the substantive edits, the committee examined new language (proposed section 19A) that would expressly authorize…
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