HB2243 Summary

• Authorizes the Department of Public Safety to conduct ongoing state and federal criminal history record checks through "rap back services" for fingerprint clearance cardholders to monitor for new arrests or convictions.

• Adds "biometric data" (fingerprints, palm prints, facial images, tattoos, iris images) to the types of information criminal justice agencies must submit to the central state repository.

• Allows persons with pending federal criminal records check approvals to receive temporary work authorization while their fingerprint clearance card application is being processed, provided they meet eligibility requirements and certify compliance in notarized forms.

• Modifies good cause exception procedures to clarify that the Board of Fingerprinting shall consider substantiated allegations of child or vulnerable adult abuse or neglect when determining successful rehabilitation.

• Establishes a conditional repeal provision requiring Section 6 (temporary work authorization) to expire once the FBI approves the Department of Public Safety to conduct federal criminal records checks.