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Criminal Background Check Bill In Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - In day two of Maryland's 2012 Legislative Session, a Senate committee reviewed a bill that would give Dorchester, Caroline, Talbot and Wicomico counties the authorization to run national criminal background checks on county employees and county volunteers.

Senator Richard Colburn, who sponsored the measure, says the bill is designed, in a way, to protect your kids. "There have been sex offenders that have been hired by our counties to work in the school system . . . this would prevent that from happening," said Colburn.

The senate committee could vote on the bill as soon as Friday. If it passes, the measure would then head to the full Senate.

Currently, only seven other counties can run national criminal background checks