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IN HB1600
Bill
Status
1/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Vanessa Summers
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AI Summary
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Prohibits employers from using consumer reports for employment purposes unless the information is substantially job-related to positions with access to money, assets, or confidential information, effective July 1, 2015.
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Restricts consumer report use to specific positions including managerial roles, attorney general positions, city/town/county positions, law enforcement, and positions where disclosure or obtaining reports is required by state or federal law.
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Requires employers to provide written disclosure and obtain written authorization before procuring consumer reports, and comply with federal Fair Credit Reporting Act requirements including adverse action notices.
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Allows consumers to bring civil actions against employers for violations and recover actual damages, punitive damages for willful violations, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.
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Authorizes the attorney general to bring separate actions to enjoin violations or recover damages on behalf of Indiana residents, and establishes violations as Class B infractions (or Class A if employer has prior unrelated judgment).
Legislative Description
Use of consumer reports by employers. Prohibits an employer from using a consumer report for employment purposes unless certain conditions apply. Allows a consumer to bring a civil action against an employer for a violation of this provision. Provides that if the attorney general has reason to believe that an employer has violated the provision, the attorney general may bring one or both of the following: (1) An action to enjoin the violation. (2) An action to recover damages sustained by Indiana residents as a result of the violation. Makes it: (1) a Class B infraction for a knowing or
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/20/2015