2019 Regular Session Fresh Start Act of 2019; create. AN ACT TO CREATE THE "FRESH START ACT OF 2019"; TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM PURSUING, PRACTICING OR ENGAGING IN ANY OCCUPATION FOR WHICH A LICENSE IS REQUIRED SOLELY OR IN PART BECAUSE OF A PRIOR CONVICTION OF A CRIME, UNLESS THE CRIME FOR WHICH THE PERSON WAS CONVICTED DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LICENSED OCCUPATION; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF VAGUE TERMS SUCH AS "MORAL TURPITUDE," "GOOD CHARACTER" AND "ANY FELONY"; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN PROMULGATING RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE, LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL ONLY CONSIDER CRIMINAL RECORDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LICENSED OCCUPATION; TO ESTABLISH A CLEAR AND CONVINCING STANDARD OF PROOF WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER A PERSON WILL BE DENIED A LICENSE; TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD TO PETITION A LICENSING AUTHORITY AT ANY TIME FOR A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE PERSON'S CRIMINAL RECORD WILL DISQUALIFY THAT PERSON FROM OBTAINING A LICENSE; TO REQUIRE EACH LICENSING AUTHORITY WITH ESTABLISHED STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR ADOPTED RULES THAT ALLOW THAT LICENSING AUTHORITY TO DISQUALIFY A PERSON FROM PURSUING OR PRACTICING AN OCCUPATION FOR WHICH A LICENSE IS REQUIRED SOLELY OR IN PART BECAUSE OF A PRIOR CONVICTION OF CRIME SHALL BEGIN TO REVIEW ITS STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND RULES IN ORDER TO PROPOSE STATUTORY CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH THE CERTAIN GUIDELINES AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/05/2019 at 17:49 H B 1284 House Bill 1284 HB 1284 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Three/Fifths July 1, 2019 Judiciary A F ../../House_cmtes/JA.xml Judiciary, Division A T ../../Senate_cmtes/JA.xml Baker ../../House_authors/Baker.xml Sykes ../../House_authors/Sykes.xml Mickens ../../House_authors/Mickens.xml Faulkner ../../House_authors/Faulkner.xml Gibbs (36th) ../../House_authors/Gibbs_(36th).xml Paden ../../House_authors/Paden.xml 1 01/21 (H) Referred To Judiciary A 2 01/31 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/08 (H) Read the Third Time 4 02/12 (H) Amended 5 02/12 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2019/pdf/votes/house/0360006.pdf 6 02/14 (H) Transmitted To Senate 7 02/26 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A 8 03/05 (S) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1284PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1284PS.htm ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1284IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1284IN.htm ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1284PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1284PS.htm Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/ham/HB1284_H_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2019/html/ham/HB1284_H_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1284.pdf