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House advances bill limiting employer use of online personality tests
Summary
House passed HB206 to regulate employment selection tests: employers must state upfront qualifications, limit use of test data to selection decisions, set retention periods and provide a complaint process; the bill passed after the sponsor waived summation.
Representative Harper moved to uncircle House Bill 206 (Employment Selection Procedures) and presented the measure responding to constituent concerns about online personality/profile tests administered by employers. Under the bill, such tests may be used but applicants must be told up front basic qualification thresholds (for example minimum age), employers would be restricted in how they use and retain information (prohibiting marketing use), and a complaint process would be available for improper handling of personally identifiable data. The sponsor said initial business opposition was addressed through negotiation. After brief discussion the House voted and HB206 passed 68 yes, 2 no and will be referred to the Senate for consideration.
