OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Senate panel has effectively tossed out a bill that would have required bar bouncers to be licensed.
Sen. Mary Easley's bill died Monday in the Senate Business and Labor Committee when it failed to receive a motion for passage.
The Tulsa Democrat says she introduced the bill at the request of a constituent, a woman whose son was killed after an altercation with a bouncer at a Tulsa nightclub.
The measure would have required bouncers to have a security guard license or be a licensed police or peace officer.
Some members of the committee expressed concern about adding new license requirements for a profession that has been unlicensed for decades.
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