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Committee releases bill to expand Department of Labor background checks after internal hiring lapse
Summary
The House Labor Committee voted to release House Bill 20, which would expand fingerprint-based background checks across several Department of Labor divisions and use the federal RAPBACK monitoring system when available; DOL staff said the measure responds to a prior hiring incident and preserves agency discretion on employment decisions.
The House Labor Committee released House Bill 20 on a roll-call vote after department officials told legislators the measure would extend fingerprint-based background checks beyond employees with access to federal tax information to include the divisions of Unemployment Insurance, Paid Leave, IT staff, workers' compensation second-injury fund personnel, and vocational rehabilitation counselors.
The bill, introduced by the committee sponsor, was presented as a response to a recent internal hiring incident at the Department of Labor, when an employee's felony appeared on their record only after a later review. Rachel Tarni of…
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