EMPLOYER LIABILITY NEGLIGENT HIRING

I am the Senate sponsor of this House bill sponsored by Rep. Waller. It comes from the Economic Opportunity & Poverty Reduction Task Force. The bill prohibits information on the criminal record of former felons to be used in a civil action by an employer if the employee’s criminal history bears no relationship to the cause of action.  The bill passed both the House and the Senate unanimously and was signed into law on March 25, 2010.