Bill Text: MN HF611 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Employers prohibited from requiring social network passwords as a condition of employment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries [HF611 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF611-Introduced.html
1.2relating to employment; prohibiting employers from requiring social network
1.3passwords as a condition of employment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 181.53.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 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 require, as a
1.15condition for consideration of employment, that any employee or prospective employee
1.16provide any password or other related account information in order to gain access to the
1.17employee's or prospective employee's account or profile on a social networking Web site.
1.18For the purpose of this paragraph, "social networking site" means an Internet-based service
1.19that allows individuals to: (1) construct a public or semipublic profile within a bounded
1.20system created by the service; (2) create a list of other users with whom they share a
1.21connection within the system; and (3) view and navigate their list of connections and those
1.22made by others within the system. A social networking 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 site use, and electronic mail use.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3passwords as a condition of employment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 181.53.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 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 require, as a
1.15condition for consideration of employment, that any employee or prospective employee
1.16provide any password or other related account information in order to gain access to the
1.17employee's or prospective employee's account or profile on a social networking Web site.
1.18For the purpose of this paragraph, "social networking site" means an Internet-based service
1.19that allows individuals to: (1) construct a public or semipublic profile within a bounded
1.20system created by the service; (2) create a list of other users with whom they share a
1.21connection within the system; and (3) view and navigate their list of connections and those
1.22made by others within the system. A social networking 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 site use, and electronic mail use.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
