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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59 th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1065 By: Talley
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to definitions and general
41	41	provisions; amending 25 O.S. 2021, Section s 1302 and
42	42	1350, which relate to discrimination in employment;
43	43	adding criminal history to discriminatory practices;
44	44	providing for indemnification; amending 24 O.S. 2021,
45	45	Section 148, which relates to the Credit Services
46	46	Organization Act; requiring compliance with federal
47	47	law; making certain inform ation confidential; and
48	48	providing an effective date .
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	55	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1302, is
56	56	amended to read as follows:
57	57	Section 1302. A. It is a discriminatory practice for an
58	58	employer:
59	59	1. To fail or refuse to hire, to dischar ge, or otherwise to
60	60	discriminate against an individual with respect to compensation or
61	61	the terms, conditions, pr ivileges or responsibilities of employment,
62	62	because of race, colo r, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic
63	63	information, prior criminal history, or disability, unless the
64	64	employer can demonstrate that accommodation for the disability would
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91	91	impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business of such
92	92	employer or that the prior criminal history directly bears upon the
93	93	performance of the jo b responsibilities in a way that demonstrably
94	94	and reasonably endangers co -workers, the business, or the general
95	95	public; or
96	96	2. To limit, segregate, or classify an employee or applicant
97	97	for employment in a way which would deprive or tend to deprive an
98	98	individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect
99	99	the status of an employee, because of race, color, religion, sex ,
100	100	national origin, age, genetic information, prior criminal history,
101	101	or disability, unless the employer can demonstrate that
102	102	accommodation for the disability would impose an undue hardship on
103	103	the operation of the business of such emp loyer or that the prior
104	104	criminal history directly bears upon the performance of the job
105	105	responsibilities in a way that demonstrably and reasonably enda ngers
106	106	co-workers, the business, or the general public .
107	107	B. This section does not apply to the employment of an
108	108	individual by his or her parents, spouse, or child or to employmen t
109	109	in the domestic service of the employer.
110	110	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1350, is
111	111	amended to read as follows:
112	112	Section 1350. A. A cause of action for employment -based
113	113	discrimination is hereby created and any common law remedies are
114	114	hereby abolished.
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141	141	B. In order to have standing in a court of law to allege
142	142	discrimination arising from an employment -related matter, in a cause
143	143	of action against an employer for discrimination based on race,
144	144	color, religion, sex, national origin, age, prior criminal history,
145	145	disability, genetic information with respect to th e employee, or
146	146	retaliation, an aggrieved party must, within one hundred eighty
147	147	(180) days from the last date of alleged discrimi nation, file a
148	148	charge of discrimination in employment with the Attorney General's
149	149	Office of Civil Rights Enforcement or the Equa l Employment
150	150	Opportunity Commission alleging the basis of discrimination believed
151	151	to have been perpetrated on the aggrieved part y. Upon completion of
152	152	any investigation, the Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights
153	153	Enforcement may transmit the results of any administrative hearing
154	154	and determination to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or
155	155	issue the complaining party a Not ice of a Right to Sue.
156	156	C. Should a charge of discrimination be filed with the Attorney
157	157	General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement and not be resolved to
158	158	the satisfaction of the charging party within one hundred eighty
159	159	(180) days from the dat e of filing of such charge, the Attorney
160	160	General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement, upon request of any
161	161	party shall issue a Notice of a R ight to Sue, which must be first
162	162	obtained in order to commence a civil action under this section.
163	163	D. All civil actions brought pursuant to a Notice of a Right to
164	164	Sue from the Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement
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191	191	for redress against any pe rson who is alleged to have discriminated
192	192	against the charging party and against any person named as
193	193	respondent in the charge sh all be commenced in the district court o f
194	194	this state for the county in which the unlawful employment practice
195	195	is alleged to have been committed.
196	196	E. Either party in any such action shall be entitled to a jury
197	197	trial of any facts in dispute in the action.
198	198	F. The defending party may allege any def ense that is available
199	199	under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age
200	200	Discrimination in Employment Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act,
201	201	the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the
202	202	Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Ac t.
203	203	G. If it is determined in such action that the defendant or
204	204	defendants in such actio n have discriminated against the charging
205	205	party as charged in the petition, the court may enjoin the defendant
206	206	or defendants from engaging in such unlawful employment p ractice
207	207	charged in the petition, the court may enjoin respondent from
208	208	engaging in such unlawful practice and order such affirmative action
209	209	as reinstatement or hiring of employees. A prevailing aggrieved
210	210	party shall also be entitled to backpay and an addit ional amount as
211	211	liquidated damages. Interim earnings or amounts earnable with
212	212	reasonable diligence by the person discriminated against shall
213	213	operate to reduce the backpay otherwise allowable. If an individual
214	214	was refused employment or advancement, was su spended and/or was
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241	241	discharged for legitimate reasons other than discrimination as
242	242	provided by this act, then no order of the court shall require the
243	243	hiring, reinstatement or promotion of that individual as an
244	244	employee, nor shall it order payment of any bac kpay.
245	245	H. In any action or proceeding under this section, the court
246	246	may allow a prevaili ng plaintiff or defendant a reasonable attorney
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248	248	I. No action may be filed in district court as provided in this
249	249	section more than ninety (90) days after receiving a Notice of a
250	250	Right to Sue from the Attorney General 's Office of Civil Rights
251	251	Enforcement.
252	252	J. Any employer who makes an employment hire under the
253	253	provisions of this statute shall be indemnified from civil liabilit y
254	254	for causes of action directly stemming from said hire unless it can
255	255	be shown the employer in some way acted w ith reckless disregard for
256	256	public or personal safety while in some direct violation of this
257	257	act.
258	258	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 24 O.S. 2021, Section 148, is
259	259	amended to read as follows:
260	260	Section 148. A. Prior to requesting a consumer report for
261	261	employment purposes, the requestor or user of the consumer report
262	262	shall provide written notice to the person who is the subject of the
263	263	consumer report. The notice shall inform th e consumer that a
264	264	consumer report will be used and the notice shall contain a box that
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291	291	the consumer may check to receive a copy of the consumer report. If
292	292	the consumer requests a copy of the report, the user of the co nsumer
293	293	report shall request that a cop y be provided to the consumer w hen
294	294	the user of the consumer report requests its copy from the credit
295	295	reporting agency. The report sent to the consumer shall be provided
296	296	at no charge to the consumer. As used in this s ection, "consumer
297	297	report" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in the
298	298	federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C., Sections 1681 et seq.
299	299	B. Consumer background reports as defined by 15 U.S.C ., Section
300	300	1681 et seq., including criminal history background reports,
301	301	provided for any purpose other than law enforce ment investigation or
302	302	a pending judicial proceeding provided by any consumer reporting
303	303	agency as defined by 15 U.S.C., Section 1681 et seq., including
304	304	state agencies and political subdivisions, shall comply with the
305	305	provisions of 15 U.S.C., Section 1681 et seq., except in cases where
306	306	an applicant is seeking employment in any care or educational type
307	307	facility.
308	308	C. Prohibitions on d isclosure of certain background information
309	309	and criminal history information as provided by 15 U.S.C., Section
310	310	1681 et seq. shall be considered a confidential privilege under the
311	311	Oklahoma Open Records Act .
312	312	D. No person shall be held liable for any violation of this
313	313	section if such person shows by a preponde rance of the evidence
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340	340	that, at the time of the alleged violation, such perso n maintained
341	341	reasonable procedures to assure compliance with this section.
342	342	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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