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Prohibiting employers from reviewing credit information about employees
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 3, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Employers would no longer be allowed to look at or ask for a person's credit report or credit score when hiring or employing someone. These rules do not apply if a state or federal law specifically requires the employer to see that information. If an employer breaks this rule, they can face penalties ranging from a warning to fines of up to $1,500.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits an employer from viewing an employee’s or prospective employee’s credit report or credit score or a summary of an employee’s or prospective employee’s credit report or credit score. The bill also prohibits an employer from requiring or asking an employee or prospective employee to provide the employer with the employee’s or prospective employee’s credit report or credit score or to provide a summary of the employee’s or prospective employee’s credit report or credit score. These prohibitions do not apply if such actions are specifically required by state or federal law. An employer that violates the provisions of the bill is subject to civil penalties ranging from a written warning for a first violation to up to $1,500 for a fourth or subsequent violation. The labor commissioner may hold hearings and investigate alleged violations of the bill by an employer, may assess and recover civil penalties and seek attorney general assistance in such recovery according to the procedural provisions of the bill, and shall adopt rules to administer the bill.