Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
This bill creates new pathways for people with criminal records to secure employment and maintain driving privileges after release from incarceration. It establishes restricted use driver's licenses for those with suspended licenses (excluding court-ordered suspensions), allowing driving only for employment, education, medical appointments, or transporting children to school. The bill prohibits state, county, and municipal employers from requiring disclosure of criminal convictions on job applications and bars denying employment based solely on prior convictions unless there's a direct relationship to the job or an unreasonable safety risk. Employers must consider factors like time since the offense, age at the time of offense, seriousness of the offense, and evidence of rehabilitation when making hiring decisions. It also requires employers to provide written reasons for denials and allows for certificates of rehabilitation to create a presumption of rehabilitation.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
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