Bill Text: IA HF301 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting public employers from seeking information regarding felony convictions from job applicants unless required by law.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Subcommittee, Watts, Highfill, and T. Taylor. H.J. 356. [HF301 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF301-Introduced.html
House File 301 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY GAINES, STAED, MEYER, BROWN=POWERS, MASCHER, ABDUL=SAMAD, and LENSING A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting public employers from seeking information 2 regarding felony convictions from job applicants unless 3 required by law. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2163YH (3) 86 je/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 70A.40 Hiring ==== prohibited 1 2 information. 1 3 1. For purposes of this section: 1 4 a. "Felony" means a conviction in a court of this or any 1 5 other state or of the United States, of an offense classified 1 6 as a felony by the law under which the defendant was convicted 1 7 at the time of the defendant's conviction. 1 8 b. "Public employer" means the state, its boards, 1 9 commissions, agencies, and departments, and its political 1 10 subdivisions, including counties, cities, school districts, and 1 11 other special purpose districts. 1 12 2. Unless required to do so by a state law or a federal 1 13 law, regulation, or policy, a public employer shall not seek 1 14 information in an employment application regarding whether 1 15 an applicant has been convicted of a felony. Where seeking 1 16 such information is required by a state law or a federal law, 1 17 regulation, or policy, a public employer shall not implement 1 18 the state law or the federal law, regulation, or policy in a 1 19 manner that exceeds the specific requirements of the state law 1 20 or the federal law, regulation, or policy. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 23 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 24 This bill prohibits a public employer from seeking 1 25 information in an employment application regarding whether 1 26 an applicant has been convicted of a felony, unless the 1 27 employer is required to do so by a state law or a federal law, 1 28 regulation, or policy. The bill provides that where seeking 1 29 such information is required by a state law or a federal law, 1 30 regulation, or policy, a public employer shall not implement 1 31 the state law or the federal law, regulation, or policy in a 1 32 manner that exceeds the specific requirements of the state law 1 33 or the federal law, regulation, or policy. LSB 2163YH (3) 86 je/sc
