Bill Text: IA HSB519 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting counties and cities from banning employers from requesting from an applicant information related to the applicant's criminal history.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 210. [HSB519 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB519-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
519
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
counties
and
cities
from
banning
employers
1
from
requesting
from
an
applicant
information
related
to
the
2
applicant’s
criminal
history.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.301,
subsection
6,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
A
county
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
an
3
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
that
prohibits
4
an
employer
from
requesting
from
an
applicant
for
employment
5
information
related
to
the
applicant’s
criminal
history.
Such
6
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
adopted
prior
7
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
is
void
and
unenforceable
8
on
and
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
For
purposes
of
9
this
paragraph,
“employer”
means
a
person
who
seeks
one
or
more
10
employees
or
who
employs
one
or
more
employees.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
364.3,
subsection
3,
Code
2020,
is
amended
12
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
13
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
an
14
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
that
prohibits
15
an
employer
from
requesting
from
an
applicant
for
employment
16
information
related
to
the
applicant’s
criminal
history.
Such
17
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
adopted
prior
18
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
is
void
and
unenforceable
19
on
and
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
For
purposes
of
20
this
paragraph,
“employer”
means
a
person
who
seeks
one
or
more
21
employees
or
who
employs
one
or
more
employees.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
prohibits
a
county
or
city
from
adopting
or
26
enforcing
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
27
that
prohibits
an
employer
from
requesting
from
an
applicant
28
for
employment
with
the
employer
information
related
to
the
29
applicant’s
criminal
history.
Such
an
ordinance,
motion,
30
resolution,
or
amendment
adopted
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
31
the
bill
is
void
and
unenforceable
on
and
after
the
effective
32
date
of
the
bill.
For
purposes
of
the
bill,
“employer”
means
33
a
person
who
seeks
one
or
more
employees
or
who
employs
one
or
34
more
employees.
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