Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits employers from accessing sealed or expunged criminal records when performing a criminal background check on a prospective employee; prohibits employers from asking applicants about certain previous convictions during the application process; requires employers to provide applicants a letter explaining a denial of employment under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 50.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 1, 2019
Last action Mar 27, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Mar 27, 2019
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee to 3/12/2019
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Employee Affairs Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned to s/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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