Bill Text: IL HB1150 | 2013-2014 | 98th 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 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-01 - Tabled [HB1150 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1150-Amended.html

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Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 3/7/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1150
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1150 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State
Employment Application Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Application for State employment" means a written or
electronic form submitted by an individual who is seeking
employment with a State agency. An application form may seek
information regarding an applicant's credentials, educational
and work history, training, and other information pertinent to
an assessment of the applicant for employment with the State.
For purposes of this Act, the term "application" does not
include forms requesting a candidate's permission to perform a
background check.
"State agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section

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1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
Section 10. State employment application. An application
for State employment may not (1) contain any question as to
whether the applicant has been arrested for, charged with,
convicted of, or placed on supervision or qualified probation
for a criminal offense or (2) otherwise inquire into the
applicant's criminal history.
Section 15. Timing and manner of criminal background check.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State
agency from requiring an applicant to complete a release form
that grants to the State the applicant's permission to conduct
a background check or to prohibit a State agency from
conducting a criminal background check for an applicant for
State employment. This background check release form and any
inquiry into an applicant's criminal background may not be
required of an applicant until after the applicant has been
interviewed for a position or has been conditionally offered a
position.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2014.".