2019 Regular Session Mississippi Fresh Start Act; create to require the revision of licensing restrictions based on criminal records. 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; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 05/21/19 at 11:38 S B 2781 Senate Bill 2781 SB 2781 S Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2019 470 Judiciary A F ../../House_cmtes/JA.xml Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency F ../../Senate_cmtes/AC.xml Polk ../../Senate_authors/Polk.xml Barnett ../../Senate_authors/Barnett.xml Blount ../../Senate_authors/Blount.xml 1 01/21 (S) Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency 2 01/31 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/12 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/12 (S) Amendment Failed 5 02/12 (S) Passed ../../../../2019/pdf/votes/senate/0360039.pdf 6 02/13 (S) Transmitted To House 7 02/21 (H) Referred To Judiciary A 8 02/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 9 03/12 (H) Read the Third Time 10 03/13 (H) Amended 11 03/13 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2019/pdf/votes/house/0650022.pdf 12 03/14 (H) Returned For Concurrence 13 03/22 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 14 03/22 (S) Conferees Named Polk,Blackwell,Turner-Ford 15 03/25 (H) Conferees Named Baker,Reynolds,Lamar 16 03/26 (S) Conference Report Filed 17 03/26 (H) Conference Report Filed 18 03/28 (H) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2019/pdf/votes/house/0800016.pdf 19 03/28 (S) Conference Report Failed ../../../../2019/pdf/votes/senate/0800020.pdf 20 03/28 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered 21 03/28 (S) Recommitted For Further Conf 22 03/28 (S) Conference Report Filed 23 03/28 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Baker, Tullos) 24 03/28 (H) Reconsidered 25 03/28 (H) Recommitted For Further Conf 26 03/28 (H) Conference Report Filed 27 03/29 (H) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2019/pdf/votes/house/0810004.pdf 28 03/29 (S) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2019/pdf/votes/senate/0810004.pdf 29 04/03 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 30 04/03 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 31 04/16 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2781SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2781SG.htm ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2781IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2781IN.htm ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2781CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2781CS.htm ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2781PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2781PS.htm ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2781SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2781SG.htm ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/cr/SB2781CR.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/cr/SB2781CR.htm Conference Report ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/cr/SB2781CR_2.pdf ../../../../documents/2019/html/cr/SB2781CR_2.htm Conference Report # 2 Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2781 ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2781.pdf ../../../../../documents/2019/html/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2781.htm Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2781_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2019/html/ham/SB2781_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2781_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm ../../../../../documents/2019/html/ham/SB2781_H_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 2 to Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2781_H_Amend_02_to_Amend_01.htm ../../../../../documents/2019/html/ham/SB2781_H_Amend_02_to_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 3 to Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2781_H_Amend_03_to_Amend_01.htm ../../../../../documents/2019/html/ham/SB2781_H_Amend_03_to_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Lost ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/sam/SB2781_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2019/html/sam/SB2781_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2019/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2781.pdf