HB6608 Summary

• Requires all applicants for game official licensure or certification by interscholastic athletic organizations to undergo fingerprint-based criminal history records checks through the Department of State Police.

• Mandates renewal applicants as of the bill's effective date to authorize criminal history records checks to determine if they have committed disqualifying offenses.

• Requires interscholastic athletic organizations to cross-check applicants against the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database.

• Prohibits organizations from licensing, certifying, or renewing game officials who have not completed a criminal history records check or who are required to register as sex offenders or violent offenders against youth.

• Applicants bear the cost of the criminal history records check, with fees deposited in the State Police Services Fund and capped at the actual cost of the check.