SB 19-1025 - Prohibits Employers from Asking About Employee Criminal History - Colorado Key Vote
Marc Snyder voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- May 28, 2019
- Senate Bill Passed
- April 12, 2019
- House Bill Passed
- Feb. 28, 2019
- Introduced
- Jan. 4, 2019
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Title: Prohibits Employers from Asking About Employee Criminal History
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Prohibits Employers from Asking About Employee Criminal History
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from asking prospective employees about their criminal histories.
Highlights:
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Prohibits beginning on September 21, 2021, employers with 11 or more employees from the following, including (Sec. 2):
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Stating in an employment advertisement that someone with a criminal history may not apply for the position;
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Stating on any employment application form that someone with a criminal history may not apply for the position; and
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Inquiring into, or requiring disclosure of an applicant’s criminal history on initial written or electronic application.
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Specifies that an employer may obtain the publicly available criminal background report of an applicant at any time (Sec. 2).
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Exempts certain positions being advertised if federal, state, or local laws and regulations prohibits individuals with certain criminal history from being employed (Sec. 2).
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Defines “Criminal history” as the records of arrests, charges, pleas, and convictions for any misdemeanor or felony at the federal, state, or local level (Sec. 2).
Title: Prohibits Employers from Asking About Employee Criminal History
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from asking prospective employees about their criminal histories.
Highlights:
-
Prohibits beginning on September 21, 2021, employers with 11 or more employees from the following, including (Sec. 2):
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Stating in an employment advertisement that someone with a criminal history may not apply for the position;
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Stating on any employment application form that someone with a criminal history may not apply for the position; and
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Inquiring into, or requiring disclosure of an applicant’s criminal history on initial written or electronic application.
-
Specifies that an employer may obtain the publicly available criminal background report of an applicant at any time (Sec. 2).
-
Exempts certain positions being advertised if federal, state, or local laws and regulations prohibits individuals with certain criminal history from being employed (Sec. 2).
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Defines “Criminal history” as the records of arrests, charges, pleas, and convictions for any misdemeanor or felony at the federal, state, or local level (Sec. 2).
Title: Prohibits Employers from Asking About Employee Criminal History
- Jennifer James 'Jeni' Arndt (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- KC Becker (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Adrienne Benavidez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff Bridges (CO - D)
- Janet P. Buckner (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- James Rashad Coleman (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Court (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jessie Danielson (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kerry Donovan (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Monica Duran (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Daneya Leigh Esgar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas 'Tony' Exum Sr. (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Stephen 'Steve' Fenberg (CO - D)
- Rhonda Fields (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Meg Froelich (CO - D)
- Rochelle Galindo (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leroy M. Garcia Jr. (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joann Ginal (CO - D)
- Julie Gonzales (CO - D)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Hansen (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edie Hooton (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dominique Jackson (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cathy Kipp (CO - D)
- Tracy Kraft-Tharp (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sanford E. 'Pete' Lee (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julie McCluskie (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dominick Moreno (CO - D)
- Kyle Mullica (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brittany Pettersen (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kevin Priola (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dylan Roberts (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jonathan Singer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Emily Lipp Sirota (CO - D)
- Marc A. Snyder (CO - D)
- Tammy Story (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Sullivan (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kerry Tipper (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brianna Titone (CO - D)
- Alex Valdez (CO - D)
- Mike Weissman (CO - D)
- Angela Williams (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Faith Winter (CO - D) (Out Of Office)