HB 12-1263 Summary

• Prohibits Colorado state agencies from advertising positions with blanket statements that people with criminal records cannot apply, unless statute specifically prohibits employment for that conviction.

• Requires agencies to delay background checks until an applicant becomes a finalist or receives a conditional job offer.

• Prevents agencies from disqualifying applicants based on arrests or charges that were not convicted, or on expunged/sealed convictions, pardons, or dismissed charges from deferred judgments, unless the agency reviews specific rehabilitation factors.

• Establishes four factors agencies must consider when evaluating criminal convictions: nature of conviction, direct relationship to job duties, applicant's rehabilitation and conduct, and time elapsed since conviction.

• Exempts employment in correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, public employees' retirement associations, and the Department of Public Safety from these requirements.