HB3405: Limitations on Actions for Negligent Hiring Act

• Prohibits lawsuits against employers, contractors, premises owners, or third parties solely for hiring an employee or independent contractor with a prior conviction for a nonviolent, nonsexual offense.

• Bars introduction of evidence regarding nonviolent, nonsexual criminal convictions occurring before employment in negligent hiring cases, unless the employer knew of or was grossly negligent in not knowing of the conviction and it was directly related to the employee's job duties and the injury claimed.

• Preserves existing causes of action for inadequate supervision but limits use of prior criminal history evidence under the same knowledge and relatedness standards.

• Carves out exceptions allowing prior conviction evidence in cases involving fraud or misuse of funds/property if the position involved fiduciary responsibility, or for violent offenses by those hired as law enforcement or security personnel.