Bill Text: MN HF2982 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Employers prohibited from requesting or requiring social network user names.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-29 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform [HF2982 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2982-Introduced.html
1.2relating to employment; prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring
1.3social network user names, passwords, or related information;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 181.53.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 181.53, is amended to read:
1.7181.53 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EMPLOYMENT NOT REQUIRED.
1.8(a) No person, whether acting directly or through an agent, or as the agent or
1.9employee of another, shall require as a condition precedent to employment any written
1.10statement as to the participation of the applicant in a strike, or as to a personal record, save
1.11as to conviction of a public offense, for more than one year immediately preceding the date
1.12of application therefor; nor shall any person, acting in any of the aforesaid capacities, use
1.13or require blanks or forms of application for employment in contravention of this section.
1.14(b) No person, whether acting directly or through an agent, shall request or require
1.15that any employee or prospective employee provide any user name, password, or other
1.16related account information in order to gain access to the employee's or prospective
1.17employee's account or profile on a social networking Web site. For the purpose of this
1.18paragraph, "social networking Web site" means an Internet-based service that allows
1.19individuals to: (1) construct a public or semipublic profile within a bounded system
1.20created by the service; (2) create a list of other users with whom they share a connection
1.21within the system; and (3) view and navigate their list of connections and those made
1.22by others within the system. A social networking Web site shall not include electronic
1.23mail. This paragraph shall not limit an employer's right to develop and maintain lawful
2.1workplace policies governing the use of the employer's electronic equipment, including
2.2policies regarding Internet use, social networking Web site use, and electronic mail use.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3social network user names, passwords, or related information;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 181.53.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 181.53, is amended to read:
1.7181.53 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EMPLOYMENT NOT REQUIRED.
1.8(a) No person, whether acting directly or through an agent, or as the agent or
1.9employee of another, shall require as a condition precedent to employment any written
1.10statement as to the participation of the applicant in a strike, or as to a personal record, save
1.11as to conviction of a public offense, for more than one year immediately preceding the date
1.12of application therefor; nor shall any person, acting in any of the aforesaid capacities, use
1.13or require blanks or forms of application for employment in contravention of this section.
1.14(b) No person, whether acting directly or through an agent, shall request or require
1.15that any employee or prospective employee provide any user name, password, or other
1.16related account information in order to gain access to the employee's or prospective
1.17employee's account or profile on a social networking Web site. For the purpose of this
1.18paragraph, "social networking Web site" means an Internet-based service that allows
1.19individuals to: (1) construct a public or semipublic profile within a bounded system
1.20created by the service; (2) create a list of other users with whom they share a connection
1.21within the system; and (3) view and navigate their list of connections and those made
1.22by others within the system. A social networking Web site shall not include electronic
1.23mail. This paragraph shall not limit an employer's right to develop and maintain lawful
2.1workplace policies governing the use of the employer's electronic equipment, including
2.2policies regarding Internet use, social networking Web site use, and electronic mail use.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
