HLS 10RS-1473 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 817
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS
EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to credit information for employment purposes
AN ACT1
To enact Part VIII of Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to2
be comprised of R.S. 23:371, relative to employment practices; to provide that no3
employer, labor organization, or employment agency shall refuse to hire, bar, or4
discharge an individual from employment because of the individual's credit history;5
and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Part VIII of Chapter 3-A of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of8
1950, comprised of R.S. 23:371, is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
PART VIII. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES10
ยง371. Disclosure of credit reports and credit history11
It shall be unlawful discrimination in employment for an employer, labor12
organization, or employment agency to fail or refuse to hire, bar, discharge from13
employment, or otherwise discriminate against an applicant or employee because of14
the applicant or employee's credit history or credit report unless the information in15
the credit history or credit report directly relates to a bona fide occupation16
qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that business or17
enterprise.18 HLS 10RS-1473 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 817
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Williams HB No. 817
Abstract: Prohibits discriminating against an applicant or employee because of information
contained in his credit history or credit report.
Proposed law provides that an employer, labor organization, or employment agency shall not
fail or refuse to hire, bar, discharge from employment, or otherwise discriminate against an
applicant or employee because of information contained in the applicant or employee's
credit history or credit report unless the information directly relates to a bona fide occupation
qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that business or enterprise.
(Adds R.S. 23:371)