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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 421

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Relating to: prohibiting consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview.

Crime and criminals Discrimination in employment Disease

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides that employment discrimination because of conviction record

includes requesting an applicant for employment, on an application form or

otherwise, to supply information regarding the conviction record of the applicant, or

otherwise inquiring into or considering the conviction record of an applicant for

employment, before the applicant has been selected for an interview by the

prospective employer.

The bill, however, does not prohibit an employer from notifying applicants for

employment that an individual with a particular conviction record may be

disqualified by law or the employer's policies from employment in particular

positions.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D) , Wirch (D)

21 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Emerson (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , L. Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Sep 17, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Carpenter, Ringhand, Wirch and Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Stubbs, Hebl, Anderson, Crowley, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Bowen, L. Myers, Considine, Spreitzer, Neubauer, Billings, Sargent, Subeck, Ohnstad, Emerson, Cabrera, Gruszynski and Brostoff

  2. Sep 17, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  3. Sep 30, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1