Bill Text: HI SB996 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To Employment Practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-24 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6). [SB996 Detail]

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	996
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 378-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§378-27[]]  Exception.  Nothing in this part shall be deemed to:

     (1)  Repeal or affect any law or ordinance or government rule or regulation having the force and effect of law;

     (2)  Apply to lie detector tests administered by any law enforcement or corrections agency;

     (3)  Apply to the United States and any subdivision thereof;

     (4)  Conflict with or affect the application of security regulations in employment established by the United States or the State; or

     (5)  Apply to psychological tests administered by a law enforcement or corrections agency to determine the suitability of a candidate for employment with the law enforcement or corrections agency."

     SECTION 2.  This Act shall apply to any pending suitability assessments prior to the effective date of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

 

 

 

Report Title:

Employment Practices; Lie Detector Tests; Corrections Agencies

 

Description:

Creates a new exception to the law relating to lie detector tests for lie detector tests administered by a corrections agency.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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