Bill Text: IN SB0391 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Employer inquiries into convictions and arrests.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor [SB0391 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0391-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 22-5-6.
Synopsis: Employer inquiries into convictions and arrests. Provides
that an employer may not inquire whether an employee or potential
employee has been: (1) arrested or charged with a misdemeanor or
felony that did not lead to a conviction; (2) convicted of or pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor if five years have passed since the date the
person completes the person's sentence and satisfies any other
obligations imposed on the person as a part of the sentence; or (3)
adjudicated a delinquent for an act that would have been a crime if
committed by an adult.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 11, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor.
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Chapter 6. Employer Inquiries Into Conviction and Arrest Records
Sec. 1. An employer or potential employer may not inquire whether an employee or potential employee has been:
(1) arrested or charged with a misdemeanor or felony that did not lead to a conviction;
(2) convicted of or pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor if five (5) years have passed since the date the person completed the person's sentence and has satisfied any other obligations imposed on the person as a part of the sentence; or
(3) adjudicated a delinquent child for an act that would have been a crime if committed by an adult.
