HR 1310 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

SHARE Act

Introduced Mar 1, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Tracey Mann R-KS

Latest action · Mar 1, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 1, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act or the SHARE Act

This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make available criminal history record information to a state occupational or professional licensing authority for background checks of individuals seeking a license under an interstate compact.

A state licensing authority may not share criminal history record information with the compact's commission, any other state entity or licensing authority, or the public, but may inform the compact's commission of completion of a background check.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 12, 2024; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Mar 1, 2023
D-NC	Donald G. Davis	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-GU	James C. Moylan	Original	Mar 1, 2023
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Mar 1, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda	Original	Mar 1, 2023
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Mar 1, 2023
D-IL	Nikki Budzinski	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice	Original	Mar 1, 2023
R-VA	Ben Cline		Mar 7, 2023
R-VA	Jennifer A. Kiggans		Mar 7, 2023
D-NM	Gabe Vasquez		Mar 8, 2023
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Mar 14, 2023
R-NY	Michael Lawler		Apr 3, 2023
D-MI	Hillary J. Scholten		Jun 5, 2023
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Jun 14, 2023
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Aug 25, 2023
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Nov 29, 2023
R-IL	Mike Bost		Jan 29, 2024
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jan 30, 2024
R-MO	Sam Graves		Feb 28, 2024
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 11, 2024
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Mar 12, 2024

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Mar 1, 2023
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 1, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House
Mar 1, 2023Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the use of FBI criminal history record information for administration of interstate compacts,.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 39, March 1, 2023, page H1052.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 118-804	RURAL HEALTH CARE: SUPPORTING LIVES AND IMPROVING COMMUNITIES240 pages	Finance Committee	May 16, 2024

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 9306	States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act	Reintroduction of	Nov 16, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize the use of FBI criminal history record information for administration of interstate compacts, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: SHARE Act; States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Government Operations and Politics

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House

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