Bill Text: MO HB1700 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Specifies that a person applying for state employment, public assistance, or state housing assistance cannot be required to disclose any prior nonviolent felony plea or conviction with certain exceptions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-11 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H) [HB1700 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HB1700-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1700

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ELLINGTON (Sponsor), MIMS, GARDNER AND DUNN (Co-sponsors).

5707L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapters 105, 208, and 215, RSMo, by adding thereto three new sections relating to applications for state employment and public assistance.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapters 105, 208, and 215, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto three new sections, to be known as sections 105.053, 208.008, and 215.044, to read as follows:

            105.053. No person applying for state employment shall be required to disclose any prior nonviolent felony pleas or convictions, except for felony pleas or convictions for sexual offenses, on any employment application form. Nothing in this section shall be construed as:

            (1) Creating any liability for an applicant who does not disclose any prior nonviolent felony pleas or convictions in accordance with this section; or

            (2) Prohibiting any employer from conducting a criminal background check or otherwise utilizing lawful methods of determining whether an applicant has a criminal background.

            208.008. No person applying for public assistance shall be required to disclose any prior nonviolent felony pleas or convictions, except for felony pleas or convictions for sexual offenses, on any public assistance application form. Nothing in this section shall be construed as:

            (1) Creating any liability for an applicant who does not disclose any prior nonviolent felony pleas or convictions in accordance with this section; or

            (2) Prohibiting any public assistance agency from conducting a criminal background check or otherwise utilizing lawful methods of determining whether an applicant has a criminal background.

            215.044. No person applying for state housing assistance shall be required to disclose any prior nonviolent felony pleas or convictions, except for felony pleas or convictions for sexual offenses, on any housing assistance application form. Nothing in this section shall be construed as:

            (1) Creating any liability for an applicant who does not disclose any prior nonviolent felony pleas or convictions in accordance with this section; or

            (2) Prohibiting any state housing assistance agency from conducting a criminal background check or otherwise utilizing lawful methods of determining whether an applicant has a criminal background.

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