Sponsors (29)
Ask me what this bill is really trying to do.
This is not an official government website.
Copyright © 2026 PLEJ LC. All rights reserved.
Requires the FBI to give criminal history record information to state licensing authorities when an interstate professional licensing compact requires a background check. This helps states verify applicants who are seeking a license or a compact privilege to practice in multiple states. The information can only be used to decide the license or compact privilege. State authorities cannot share the records with compact commissions, other state entities, or the public. They may only report that a background check was completed and whether it was satisfactory or not. Key terms are defined to make these rules clear.
Adds a new section 6404 to Subtitle E of title VI of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 regarding sharing and use of criminal history record information.
Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to furnish or otherwise make available criminal history record information to a State licensing authority, through an agreement with a State law enforcement agency or State identification bureau, to the extent required by an interstate compact or its regulations, for the purpose of conducting a criminal history background check of any individual seeking a license or privilege to practice an occupation or profession in a compact member State (subject to subsection (b)).
Prohibits a State licensing authority that is a member of an interstate compact from sharing criminal history record information (or any part of it) with the compact’s Commission, any other State entity or State licensing authority, or the public; the State licensing authority must use such information solely for acting upon a license or privilege.
Expressly permits a State licensing authority to inform a compact Commission that a criminal history background check was completed and to provide a binary determination of whether the check was satisfactory or not; that report does not count as sharing criminal history record information under the prohibition in paragraph (1).
Defines 'Commission' as a joint governmental entity, including an interstate compact commission, established by legislative enactment of an interstate compact.
Expand sections to see detailed analysis
Referred to the Committee on Education and 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.
Introduced March 25, 2025 by Tracey Mann · Last progress March 25, 2025
SHARE Act of 2025
Referred to the Committee on Education and 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.
Introduced in House