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SB 997 Emergency medical services personnel; background checks, process.

Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Emergency medical services personnel; background checks; process. Allows local governments, by adoption of an ordinance, to use an alternative method for criminal history background checks for emergency medical services personnel. Emergency medical services agencies in such localities shall require applicants to submit fingerprints and personal identifying information to be provided directly to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, which shall forward the results of the state and national records search to the local government or chief law-enforcement officer of the locality, who shall notify the Office of Emergency Medical Services of the applicant's eligibility for employment or volunteer service. This bill incorporates SB 837.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101254D  pdf
• 02/05/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15103850D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/27/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB997ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/19/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)  pdf

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HISTORY

• 01/12/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101254D
• 01/12/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/05/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15103850D-S1
• 02/05/15  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/05/15  Senate: Incorporates SB837
• 02/05/15  Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/15  Senate: Read second time
• 02/10/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/10/15  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15103850D-S1
• 02/10/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB997S1
• 02/10/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/15  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/15  House: Read first time
• 02/12/15  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/17/15  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/15  House: Read second time
• 02/19/15  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/20/15  House: Read third time
• 02/20/15  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/20/15  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/20/15  House: Passed House with amendment (93-Y 1-N)
• 02/20/15  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 1-N)
• 02/24/15  Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/27/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB997ER)
• 02/27/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/04/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/4/15
• 03/04/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/19/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (effective 7/1/15)
• 03/19/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)