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IN HB1450
Bill
Status
1/15/2019
Primary Sponsor
Peggy Mayfield
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AI Summary
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Employers receive $3,000 grants for each individual hired who has a felony conviction and was hired within 18 months of conviction or release from prison, with total grants capped at $2,500,000 per state fiscal year
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Employers are immune from civil liability for felony or misdemeanor acts committed by ex-offenders during employment, and the ex-offender's conviction cannot be used as evidence in negligent hiring lawsuits
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Grants are prohibited when employers are legally required to hire/rehire the individual, claim a tax credit under IC 6-3.1 for the same hire, or hire to replace laid-off or striking workers
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Sentencing and probation conditions requiring individuals to refrain from contact with others cannot prevent employers from hiring two or more qualified ex-offenders at the same location
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A report on the grant program's use, effectiveness, geographic distribution, and impact on the department of correction and community corrections programs is required before August 1, 2022
Legislative Description
Grant program for hiring ex-offenders. Establishes a grant program to provide grants each taxable year to an employer that hires an individual who has been convicted of a felony. Specifies that the amount of the grant is $3,000 for each qualified individual the employer hires during the taxable year. Provides that the maximum amount of grants allowed per state fiscal year may not exceed $2,500,000. Requires a report on the grant program before August 1, 2022. Provides immunity to employers for hiring ex-offenders. Provides that certain conditions of sentencing and probation may not be construed to prevent a person from employing two or more ex-offenders at the same location.
Last Action
Representative Shackleford added as coauthor
1/17/2019