SB 275 - Job Opportunity and Protection Act

• Prohibits employers and employment agencies with 15+ employees from inquiring about an applicant's criminal history until the applicant is selected for an interview or receives a conditional job offer.

• Exempts positions where federal or state law requires excluding applicants with certain convictions, or where fidelity bond requirements disqualify applicants based on specific offenses.

• Department of Labor investigates violations and issues written warning for first offense; second violation results in up to $500 fine, third violation up to $1,500, and subsequent violations up to $1,500 per 30-day period of non-compliance.

• Creates Job Opportunity and Protection Enforcement Fund in State Treasury to collect administrative fines, with funds used solely to enforce violations of the act.

• Becomes effective November 1, 2015.