Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 2/28/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1210

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1210 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State
5Employment Application Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Application for State employment" means a written or
8electronic form submitted by an individual who is seeking
9employment with a State agency. An application form may seek
10information regarding an individual applicant's credentials,
11educational and prior work history, training, and other
12information pertinent to an assessment of the applicant for
13employment with the State. For purposes of this Act, the term
14"application" does not include testing materials or forms
15requesting a candidate's permission to perform a background
16check.

 

 

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1    "State agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
21-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
 
3    Section 10. State employment application. Subject to the
4exception set out in Section 25 of this Act, an application for
5State employment may not contain any question as to whether the
6applicant was convicted of or placed on supervision for a
7criminal offense.
 
8    Section 15. Criminal background checks permitted. Nothing
9in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State agency from
10conducting a criminal background check of an applicant for
11State employment.
 
12    Section 20. Timing and manner of criminal background
13inquiry. Except as otherwise required by State or federal law,
14nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State
15agency from requiring an applicant to complete a release form
16that grants to the State the applicant's permission to conduct
17a background check. This background check release form and any
18form other than an initial application form may inquire as to
19the applicant's criminal conviction history. This background
20check release form and the inquiry into an applicant's criminal
21background may not be required of an applicant until after the
22applicant has been interviewed for a position or has been
23conditionally offered a position.
 

 

 

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1    Section 25. Application of federal or State law. If federal
2or State law disqualifies a person convicted of certain
3offenses from holding a position, an application for that
4position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been
5convicted of a disqualifying offense. If an applicant is
6applying for a position of peace officer as defined in Section
72-13 of the Criminal Code of 1961, an application for that
8position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been
9convicted of a disqualifying offense.
 
10    Section 30. Refusal to hire for conviction of a criminal
11offense. Nothing in this Act prohibits a decision to refuse to
12hire on the basis that the applicant has been convicted of a
13criminal offense.
 
14    Section 35. Application to current employees. The
15provisions of this Act do not apply to current State employees
16or documents they are required to complete for promotions,
17salary increases, transfers to other agencies, applications
18for new positions, or any other changes in position or status.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
201, 2013.".