Bill Text: IL HB1210 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Creates the State Employment Application Act. Provides that an application for State employment may not contain any question as to whether the applicant was convicted of or placed on supervision for a non-violent criminal offense but must contain a question as to whether the applicant for State employment has ever been convicted of a violent offense that is classified as a felony. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prohibit a State agency from conducting a criminal background check of an applicant for State employment. Provides that if a federal or State law disqualifies a person convicted of certain offenses from holding a position, an application for that position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense. Provides that if an applicant is applying for a position of peace officer, an application for that position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a decision to refuse to hire on the basis that the applicant has been convicted of a criminal offense. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1210 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1210-Amended.html
Bill Title: Creates the State Employment Application Act. Provides that an application for State employment may not contain any question as to whether the applicant was convicted of or placed on supervision for a non-violent criminal offense but must contain a question as to whether the applicant for State employment has ever been convicted of a violent offense that is classified as a felony. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prohibit a State agency from conducting a criminal background check of an applicant for State employment. Provides that if a federal or State law disqualifies a person convicted of certain offenses from holding a position, an application for that position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense. Provides that if an applicant is applying for a position of peace officer, an application for that position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying offense. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a decision to refuse to hire on the basis that the applicant has been convicted of a criminal offense. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1210 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1210-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1210
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1210, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
| 4 | 1, on page 2, line 2, after "Act" by inserting ", except that | ||||||
| 5 | it shall not include the Department of Corrections or the | ||||||
| 6 | Department of Juvenile Justice".
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