“REGULATION OF SUMMER CAMPS” BILL FILED TO REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS OF FLORIDA CAMP COUNSELORS

Background Checks, Criminal Background Checks, Legislature

State Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach, has introduced a bill in the legislature that will require all summer camps to be licensed by the state and which will mandate criminal background checks for camp counselors. Pafford said he decided to introduce the bill after he read a series of stories last year in The…