Bill Text: CT HB05509 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5509 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Employment Applications And Nonviolent Misdemeanors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees [HB05509 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05509-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5509*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1047
		01047
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. TERCYAK, 26^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS AND NONVIOLENT MISDEMEANORS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prevent any employer from requiring any prospective employee to disclose on an employment application whether the prospective employee has been convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor if such misdemeanor occurred five years or more from the date that the prospective employee applies for employment.

Statement of Purpose:

To prevent employers from requiring individuals to disclose on an employment application any convictions for nonviolent misdemeanors that have occurred more than five years prior.