H.B. No. 91
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a review of occupational licensing requirements and an
  applicant's criminal history.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  REVIEW OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING ELIGIBILITY
  REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO CRIMINAL HISTORY; REPORT. (a) In this
  section:
               (1)  "License" means a license, certificate,
  registration, permit, or other authorization that:
                     (A)  is issued by a licensing authority; and
                     (B)  an individual must obtain to practice or
  engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession.
               (2)  "Licensing authority" means a department,
  commission, board, or other agency of the state that issues a
  license.
         (b)  Each licensing authority shall, for each license issued
  by the authority that has an eligibility requirement related to an
  applicant's criminal history, review the requirement and make a
  recommendation regarding whether the requirement should be
  retained, modified, or repealed.
         (c)  Not later than December 1, 2018, each licensing
  authority shall submit a report on the results of the authority's
  review to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
  representatives, and each member of the legislature and include the
  authority's recommendations.
         (d)  This section expires January 1, 2019.
         
         SECTION 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
  immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
  elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
  Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
  immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 91 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 91 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 91 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor