HF 1043

1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 03/19/2013 07:28 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to public safety; addressing the consideration of a job applicant's criminal 1.3history during the public employment hiring process; proposing coding for new 1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 364. 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6    Section 1. new text begin [364.021] PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT; CONSIDERATION OF new text end 1.7 new text begin CRIMINAL RECORDS. new text end 1.8 new text begin (a) A public employer may not inquire into or consider the criminal record or new text end 1.9 new text begin criminal history of an applicant for public employment until the applicant has been new text end 1.10 new text begin selected for an interview by the employer. new text end 1.11 new text begin (b) This section does not apply to the Department of Corrections or to public new text end 1.12 new text begin employers who have a statutory duty to conduct a criminal history background check new text end 1.13 new text begin or otherwise take into consideration a potential employee's criminal history during the new text end 1.14 new text begin hiring process. new text end