Posted: | December 9, 2022 03:03 PM |
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From: | Senator Doug Mastriano |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Fighting Chance Act |
In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation that will address two bipartisan issues: criminal justice reform and occupational licensure reform. The “Fighting Chance Act” is a regulatory reform bill designed to help small business owners, prospective entrepreneurs, and reformed non-violent offenders seeking to enter the workforce in a licensed occupation. This legislation is modeled after a law passed in Virginia in 2018 by the Republican legislature and signed by the Democrat Governor. My bill would apply the following to the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs and the Board of Probation and Parole:
Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation to reduce barriers for small business owners, workers, and reformed residents of this Commonwealth who want to enter the workforce in an occupation requiring a license. If you have any questions regarding this bill, please contact Joshua Herman in my office at jherman@pasen.gov |
Introduced as SB259