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IN SB0124
Bill
AI Summary
- Extends the prohibition on asking about expunged criminal records to include interviews, not just written applications, for employment, licenses, or other rights and privileges
- Unlawfully questioning an applicant about an expunged criminal record is a Class C infraction, increasing to a Class B infraction for subsequent violations
- Limits prosecution to one action against first-time violators and no more than one action per calendar month against repeat violators, regardless of how many individual violations occurred
- Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Employers and expungement. Specifies that the prohibition against questioning a person applying for: (1) employment; (2) a license; or (3) another right or privilege; concerning an expunged arrest or conviction also applies during an interview. Provides that a person who unlawfully questions an applicant about an expunged criminal record commits a Class C infraction, and increases the penalty to a Class B infraction for a subsequent violation. Limits the number of violations that may be charged to: (1) one violation against a person without a prior adjudication; and (2) not more than one violation per month against a person with one or more prior adjudications; regardless of the number of individual violations the person may have committed.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/3/2019