Mississippi Senate Bill 2384 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Relating To Fair Chance Hiring Standards By Employers In The State Of Mississippi Relative To The Criminal History Of The Applicant; To Provide Findings And Definitions; To Prescribe Fair Chance Hiring Practices To Be Followed By Employers; To Prohibit Retaliation Against An Individual For Reporting A Violation Of This Act; To Authorize And Direct The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Administer The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide For Investigation Of Complaints; To Prescribe A Civil Penalty For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Fair chance hiring standards for employers; establish.

Sen. David Jordan [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Sollie Norwood [D]	Sen. Juan Barnett [D]
Sen. Joseph Thomas [D]	Sen. Barbara Blackmon [D]	Sen. Hillman Frazier [D]	Sen. Angela Turner-Ford [D]
Sen. Albert Butler [D]	Sen. Sampson Jackson [D]	Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]	Sen. Sarita Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-13	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2384.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2384IN.htm