CO HB1046

Prohibits employers from requesting, requiring, or suggesting that employees or applicants disclose usernames, passwords, or other credentials to access personal electronic communication devices or personal social media accounts.

Prohibits employers from compelling employees or applicants to add the employer to social media contacts or from requiring changes to privacy settings on personal social networking accounts.

Prevents employers from discharging, disciplining, or refusing to hire applicants who decline to disclose personal account information or refuse to grant employer access to social media accounts.

Allows employers to require access to nonpersonal accounts or employer internal systems, and permits investigations into securities law compliance or unauthorized downloading of proprietary information based on receipt of relevant information.

Establishes the Department of Labor and Employment as the enforcement agency with authority to investigate complaints and impose fines up to $1,000 for first offenses and up to $5,000 for subsequent violations; appropriates $23,064 and 0.3 FTE for implementation.