General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5509
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1047
*01047*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5509
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1047
*01047*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS AND NONVIOLENT MISDEMEANORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prevent any employer from requiring any prospective employee to disclose on an employment application whether the prospective employee has been convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor if such misdemeanor occurred five years or more from the date that the prospective employee applies for employment.
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent employers from requiring individuals to disclose on an employment application any convictions for nonviolent misdemeanors that have occurred more than five years prior.