Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 2612 — State of New Jersey (July 23, 2020)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 2612, State of New Jersey, dated July 23, 2020, reporting the bill favorably. The bill allows an applicable entity, a board, committee, or State body that issues a professional or occupational credential, to issue a limited license to an individual with a criminal conviction who completes training offered by a county correctional facility or the Department of Corrections. The entity sets the period and conditions of the license, including limits on scope and location and an assigned supervisor. The license is to be revoked for a new conviction of a listed degree or a disorderly persons offense, or for failure to meet its conditions, and an unrestricted license follows full compliance.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
2612

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JULY
23, 2020

The
Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2612.

This
bill allows an applicable entity, defined in the bill as “a board, committee,
or any State body that issues a credential for a profession or occupation,” to
issue a limited license if an individual with a criminal conviction
successfully completes training offered by a county correctional facility or
the Department of Corrections that is necessary in order to practice a specific
profession or occupation. The applicable entity is to establish the period of
time an individual can work under the limited license and place conditions on
the license. An individual seeking a limited license can show their fitness
for this license by submitting evidence to the applicable entity that
demonstrates successful completion of training, a record of good behavior while
incarcerated, and no violations of parole or probation. Letters of
recommendation can also be submitted by an appropriate official demonstrating
that the individual is committed to living a law-abiding life.

Conditions
are to be set by the applicable entity to limit the scope and location of an
individual’s practice, to assign a supervisor to the individual at the place of
employment, and to require the individual with the limited license to notify
the entity if there is a change of supervisors. The applicable entity can also
impose additional conditions. A limited license is to be revoked if the
individual with such license 1) is convicted of a crime of the first, second, third, or fourth degree, or a
disorderly persons offense in New Jersey, or a similar offense in
another jurisdiction, or 2) fails to comply with the conditions placed on a
limited license.

Within
30 days of the expiration of a limited license, the supervisor of the
individual with the limited license is to provide written notice to the
applicable entity that issued the limited license addressing if the individual
complied with all conditions of the license. The applicable entity is to issue
an unrestricted license if the individual complied with the conditions of the
limited license for the length of the license and meets all of the other
qualifications for licensure under the applicable practice act of the
profession or occupation.

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