A bill to prohibit employers from making certain recruiting or hiring decisions based on an individual’s credit history; to prohibit employers from making certain inquiries; to prohibit certain waivers; to prohibit retaliation; and to provide remedies.
House Bill 4240 would create the Job Applicant Privacy Act, which would prohibit employers from asking about or refusing to hire an applicant based on their credit history. The bill would provide exceptions to this prohibition and provide an avenue for relief for an individual injured by a violation of the act.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Insurance and Financial Services
Referred to the Committee on Labor
