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: 4 TLSB 5243YC (3) 88 js/ns

H.F. _____ 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. 35 -1- LSB 5243YC (3) 88 js/ns 1/ 1