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Senator introduces bill to restrict employer credit checks, criminal-history screening and drug tests until job offer
Summary
Senate members heard an overview of S.90, which would limit when employers may obtain applicants' credit reports, criminal-history information and drug tests. The bill narrows pre-employment inquiries to conditional job offers and keeps exceptions for roles where the information is directly related to duties or required by federal law.
Senator Tanya outlined S.90 to the Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee as a three-part proposal to restrict employer use of credit checks, criminal-history checks and drug testing before a conditional job offer is on the table.
Tanya said the bill would bar employers from seeking credit history, criminal-background information or requiring drug tests during initial application or early interview stages and would instead allow those checks only after an employer extends a…
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