By: Alvarado  S.B. No. 1217
         (In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2019; March 7, 2019,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  May 3, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent
  to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1217 By:  Whitmire
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the consideration of certain arrests in determining an
  applicant's eligibility for an occupational license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 53, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 53.0231 to read as follows:
         Sec. 53.0231.  LIMITATION REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF
  CERTAIN ARRESTS. For purposes of determining a person's fitness to
  perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the
  licensed occupation, a licensing authority may not consider an
  arrest that did not result in the person's conviction or placement
  on deferred adjudication community supervision.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2019.
 
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