{"id":102166,"date":"2025-02-21T21:13:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/bill-to-ease-occupational-license-restrictions-for-inmates-passes-committee\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T21:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:13:16","slug":"bill-to-ease-occupational-license-restrictions-for-inmates-passes-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102166","title":{"rendered":"Bill to ease occupational license restrictions for inmates passes committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A bill to create certificates of employability for those who have been recently released from the Alabama Department of Corrections passed the House Judiciary Committee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HB238, sponsored by Parker Moore, R-Hartselle, would \u201ccreate a presumption of rehabilitation and fitness for licensure if an individual has been granted an order of limited relief.\u201d The occupational licensing board could still consider the \u201cconduct of the underlying conviction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCurrently, we are the sixth largest and fastest growing state in the country, and workforce development is one area that we are working on addressing issues with.\u00a0 HB238 will help assist in addressing some of those issues,\u201d said Moore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alabama law imposes strict barriers on individuals with criminal records seeking employment. However, Alabama is one of only seven states that does not limit how licensing boards consider criminal history. Although Alabama provides some standards for conviction-based barriers, licensing boards still have broad discretion to deny those who seek employment after release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt will establish a process for determining eligibility and restrict when felony convictions can be barred from licensure and grant employer immunity in certain cases,\u201d said Moore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn any proceeding on a claim against an employer for negligent hiring based upon the prior conviction of an employee, a certificate of employability issued to an individual pursuant to this section shall provide immunity for the employer with respect to the claim of negligent hiring if the employer knew of the certificate at the time of the alleged negligent hiring,\u201d the bill states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An employer would only be held liable for civil action if the individual is convicted of a felony after being hired and someone with hiring and firing capabilities retains the individual with this knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Jerry Starnes, R-Prattville, voiced that he believes the bill may be providing overreaching standards for a board that doesn\u2019t need assistance in decision-making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m kind of opposed to this bill. The reasoning is it\u2019s expanding the authority of the Bureau of Pardons and Parole, and it\u2019s taking away the authority of the licensing boards that are professionals in each field. \u2029I just think that we\u2019re we\u2019re dictating to these boards what they have to do,\u201d said Starnes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Prince Chestnut, D-Selma, inquired if Moore had worked with the Director of ABPP when developing this bill. Moore worked with Ward and the Business Council of Alabama, Manufacture Alabama and the National Federation of Independent Business on this bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier this year at a Reentry Commission meeting, Ward spoke about the necessary improvements to the occupational licensing boards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOccupational licensing reform is, in my opinion, absolutely necessary. We have people that can go to one of Commissioner Hamm\u2019s job training programs that Ingram state does, they go in, they get the training, they come out, but the occupational licensing board has the absolute, 100 percent discretion to deny you a license because you went to prison for any reason. Whatever the reason,\u201d said Ward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The committee approved Moore\u2019s bill and it was placed on the House calendar for consideration.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill to create certificates of employability for those who have been recently released from the Alabama Department of Corrections passed the House Judiciary Committee.\u00a0 HB238, sponsored by Parker Moore, R-Hartselle, would \u201ccreate a presumption of rehabilitation and fitness for licensure if an individual has been granted an order of limited relief.\u201d The occupational licensing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11763],"tags":[33526,6795,13710,19742,47328,47334,23399,47329,33092,47330,22185,47331,47332,47333,17298],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-102166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alabama","tag-2025-legislative-session","tag-bill","tag-committee","tag-ease","tag-hb238","tag-inmates","tag-license","tag-licenses-of-employability","tag-occupational","tag-occupational-licensing","tag-passes","tag-rep-jerry-starnes","tag-rep-parker-moore","tag-rep-prince-chestnut","tag-restrictions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bill to ease occupational license restrictions for inmates passes committee - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102166\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bill to ease occupational license restrictions for inmates passes committee - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A bill to create certificates of employability for those who have been recently released from the Alabama Department of Corrections passed the House Judiciary Committee.\u00a0 HB238, sponsored by Parker Moore, R-Hartselle, would \u201ccreate a presumption of rehabilitation and fitness for licensure if an individual has been granted an order of limited relief.\u201d The occupational licensing [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102166\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-21T21:13:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Workforce-stock-photo-scaled-e1711716652472.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1437\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102166#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102166\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Bill to ease occupational license restrictions for inmates passes committee\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-21T21:13:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102166\"},\"wordCount\":523,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102166#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Workforce-stock-photo-scaled-e1711716652472.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"2025 Legislative Session\",\"Bill\",\"Committee\",\"ease\",\"HB238\",\"inmates\",\"License\",\"licenses of employability\",\"Occupational\",\"occupational licensing\",\"passes\",\"Rep. 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