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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 646
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5 By: Senator C. Tucker
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OCCUPATIONAL AND
10 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; TO PROHIBIT THE
11 DISQUALIFICATION OF AN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE BASED ON
12 A PRIOR CONVICTION OF AN OFFENSE IN CERTAIN
13 CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 Subtitle
17 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OCCUPATIONAL
18 AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; AND TO
19 PROHIBIT THE DISQUALIFICATION OF AN
20 OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE BASED ON A PRIOR
21 CONVICTION OF AN OFFENSE IN CERTAIN
22 CIRCUMSTANCES
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24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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26 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 17, Chapter 3 is amended to add an
27 additional section to read as follows:
28 17-3-105. Prohibited disqualification from licensure.
29 An individual shall not be disqualified from pursuing, practicing, or
30 engaging in any occupation or profession for which licensure is required
31 solely or in part because of a prior conviction of a crime, unless the crime
32 for which the individual was convicted directly relates to the duties and
33 responsibilities of the occupation or profession.
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