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IN HB1267
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Robin Shackleford
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AI Summary
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Prohibits public employers from asking applicants about criminal history until determining the applicant meets minimum employment qualifications, effective July 1, 2017.
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Exempts law enforcement agencies and positions where federal or Indiana law requires criminal history checks or specifically disqualifies applicants with criminal backgrounds.
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Allows school corporations to require disclosure of criminal records relating to sexual or physical abuse and permits employers to conduct background checks after determining applicants meet minimum qualifications.
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Repeals previous statutory provisions that automatically mandated license denial, revocation, or suspension for specific drug-related offenses and replaces them with a requirement that offenses substantially relate to the profession or present a public safety threat.
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Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency to adopt rules defining "substantially relates" and establishing how criminal convictions affect persons in regulated professions, with individual appearance before licensing boards required before action.
Legislative Description
Former offenders. Prohibits a public employer from asking an applicant for employment to disclose orally or in writing, whether on an employment application or otherwise, information concerning the applicant's criminal record or history until the public employer has determined that the applicant meets the public employer's minimum employment qualifications. Provides that the requirement does not apply to employment with a law enforcement agency or when federal or Indiana law provides otherwise. Provides that a board, commission, or committee regulated by the Indiana professional licensing agency may deny, revoke, or suspend a professional license or certificate of registration of an individual
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/10/2017