Signed by Governor Jerry Brown, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits employers from asking job applicants to disclose juvenile legal records for the purpose of determining employment.

Highlights:

• Prohibits possible employers from asking job applicants to disclose any juvenile record that did not result in a conviction (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits employers from seeking or using juvenile legal records from any external source as a factor in determining any condition of employment (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits individuals from disclosing to another individual’s possible employer that individual’s juvenile legal record if that record did not result in a conviction (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that an employer may still require legal records if one of the following conditions are met (Sec. 1):

• The job applicant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor within 5 years preceding the application for employment;

• The crime relates to the specific business of the prospective employment;

• The applicant would be required to possess or use a firearm in the course of their employment; or

• The employer is prohibited by law from hiring an individual that has been convicted of a crime.

• Specifies that the Department of Justice is not required to remove from summary legal history records entries that are forwarded to an employer by law relating to an individual’s arrest or detention, even if the aforementioned legal records did not result in a conviction (Sec. 1)

• Defines a conviction as any plea, verdict, or finding of guilt regardless of whether sentence is imposed by the court (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from asking job applicants to disclose juvenile legal records for the purpose of determining employment.

Highlights:

• Prohibits possible employers from asking job applicants to disclose any juvenile record that did not result in a conviction (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits employers from seeking or using juvenile legal records from any external source as a factor in determining any condition of employment (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits individuals from disclosing to another individual’s possible employer that individual’s juvenile legal record if that record did not result in a conviction (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that an employer may still require legal records if one of the following conditions are met (Sec. 1):

• The job applicant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor within 5 years preceding the application for employment;

• The crime relates to the specific business of the prospective employment;

• The applicant would be required to possess or use a firearm in the course of their employment; or

• The employer is prohibited by law from hiring an individual that has been convicted of a crime.

• Specifies that the Department of Justice is not required to remove from summary legal history records entries that are forwarded to an employer by law relating to an individual’s arrest or detention, even if the aforementioned legal records did not result in a conviction (Sec. 1)

• Defines a conviction as any plea, verdict, or finding of guilt regardless of whether sentence is imposed by the court (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text