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Under current Utah law, people who have ever been convicted of a felony-level offense — even if that conviction was later expunged or dismissed — are automatically barred from becoming peace officers or emergency dispatchers. This bill creates a pathway for those applicants by allowing them to enter a certified police academy, take a peace officer certification exam, or take a dispatcher certification exam, as long as they meet specific conditions: the conviction must have been expunged or dismissed, the offense cannot have been a violent felony or a sexual offense felony, at least 10 years must have passed since the conviction with no additional criminal offenses, and the applicant must still be legally allowed to possess firearms and weapons.