AB911: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 911

February 21, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Kelso, Grothman, Zukowski, Underheim, Kaufert, Schneiders, Nass, Plache, Olsen, Silbaugh, Powers and Ladwig, cosponsored by Senators Huelsman and Darling. Referred to Committee on Labor and Employment.

AB911,1,2 An Act to amend 111.335 (1) (c) and 111.335 (1) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: arrest and conviction record discrimination.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Subject to certain exceptions, current law prohibits discrimination in employment, licensing and labor organization membership based on arrest record or conviction record. Those exceptions include the refusal to employ an individual who is subject to a pending criminal charge or who has been convicted of an offense if that charge or offense is substantially related to that particular job, and the refusal to employ an individual who is not bondable because of conviction record if bondability is required by law or established business practice for that job.

This bill expands the exception to the prohibition against discrimination in employment based on conviction record so that it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to bar or terminate from employment a person who has been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or other offense and who has not been pardoned, even if that conviction is not substantially related to the circumstances of the particular job or does not render the person unbondable.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB911, s. 1 Section 1. 111.335 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,1,6 111.335 (1) (c) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to refuse to employ or license, or to bar or terminate from employment or licensing, any individual who:

AB911,2,3 1. Has been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor or other offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity; or

AB911,2,6 2. Is not bondable under a standard fidelity bond or an equivalent bond where such bondability is required by state or federal law, or administrative regulation or established business practice of the employer.

AB911, s. 2 Section 2. 111.335 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB911,2,11 111.335 (1) (cm) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to refuse to employ as an installer of burglar alarms, or to bar or terminate from employment, a person who has been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or other offense and has not been pardoned.

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