SB 1360 Summary

• Prohibits employers from discharging, failing to hire, promoting, or discriminating against employees based on their consumer report or credit history.

• Prohibits employers from inquiring about applicants' or employees' consumer reports or credit history.

• Violations constitute a class 3 misdemeanor.

• Removes "employment purposes" from the definition of permissible uses for consumer reports under Arizona's consumer reporting law.

• Removes employment screening from the exemptions allowing consumer reporting agencies to access credit reports without security freeze authorization.