Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that prohibits individuals from taking harmful photos or videos of a business and from providing false information on a job application.

Highlights:

• Classifies entering an individual’s property and committing an act with the intent to harm a business that operates on that property, including, but not limited to, taking photographs or videos, as criminal trespassing and a Class A misdemeanor (Sec. 1).

• Classifies knowingly or intentionally submitting a job application to a prospective employer which contains a false statement about a material fact or conceals a material fact in order to gain employment as a Class A misdemeanor (Sec. 3).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits unauthorized entry on industrial or agricultural property, effective July 1, 2013.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an individual who does not have a contractual interest in a property from entry into the property by way of a fence, a wall, or other constructed barrier that “reasonably” implies entry is prohibited (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that a prospective employee who knowingly or intentionally submits an application to a prospective employer and makes a false statement about a material fact or conceals a material fact in the application in order to secure employment with the prospective employer commits employment application fraud (Sec. 3).

• Classifies a violation of this bill as a Class A misdemeanor (Secs. 1-3).

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