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Senate committee backs bill letting Arkansans sue commercial background vendors for inaccurate criminal records
Summary
Senate Insurance & Commerce advanced SB 381, introduced by Sen. Joyce Elliott, to create a civil cause of action when commercial background repositories publish criminal-history information that Arkansas law says should be sealed; witnesses from the Arkansas Crime Information Center told the panel commercial vendors often publish sealed records and that affected people lack an adequate remedy.
Sen. Joyce Elliott told the Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee that SB 381 would create a statutory civil remedy for Arkansans harmed when commercial background-reporting firms publish inaccurate or sealed criminal-history records. "What we've done in the bill is create a cause of action for people who are adversely affected," Elliott said during the committee hearing.
Mister Kozler, identified in the record as representing the Arkansas Crime Information Center (ACIC), told senators that ACIC regularly fields calls from people who say…
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