Bill Text: TX SB875 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce certain regulations regarding whether a private employer may obtain or consider an employment applicant's or employee's criminal history record information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB875 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB875-Introduced.html
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| By: Campbell | S.B. No. 875 | |
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| relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or | ||
| enforce certain regulations regarding whether a private employer | ||
| may obtain or consider an employment applicant's or employee's | ||
| criminal history record information. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 3, Labor Code, is amended by adding Chapter | ||
| 106 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 106. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION OF EMPLOYMENT | ||
| APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE | ||
| Sec. 106.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Applicant" means a person who has made an oral or | ||
| written application with a private employer, or has sent a resume or | ||
| other correspondence to a private employer, indicating an interest | ||
| in employment. | ||
| (2) "Criminal history record information" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 411.082, Government Code. | ||
| Sec. 106.002. CERTAIN LOCAL REGULATION OF PRIVATE EMPLOYERS | ||
| PROHIBITED. A political subdivision of this state may not adopt or | ||
| enforce any ordinance or other local regulation that prohibits, | ||
| limits, or otherwise regulates a private employer's ability to | ||
| request, consider, or take employment action based on the criminal | ||
| history record information of an applicant or employee. | ||
| Sec. 106.003. NONAPPLICABILITY. This chapter does not | ||
| prevent a political subdivision of this state from adopting or | ||
| enforcing an ordinance or other local regulation relating to the | ||
| access to or consideration of the criminal history record | ||
| information of an individual: | ||
| (1) entering into a contract or other agreement with | ||
| the political subdivision; | ||
| (2) receiving a grant from the political subdivision; | ||
| (3) seeking a license, permit, or other authorization | ||
| to conduct business from the political subdivision; or | ||
| (4) conducting business with or under the regulatory | ||
| authority of the political subdivision. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
