Indiana Senate Bill 261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
Pending: Senate Pensions and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibits an employer from using a credit report in the process of hiring a prospective employee or in determining whether to continue the employment of an employee. Provides that an employee or prospective employee may bring a civil action against an employer for violating this prohibition. Provides for an award of actual damages, court costs, and attorney's fees to an aggrieved individual, along with an injunction against the employer's further use of credit reports in violation of the prohibition.

Use of credit reports for employment purposes.

Sen. James Arnold [D]	Sen. Jean Breaux [D]	Sen. John Broden [D]	Sen. Lindel Hume [D]
Sen. Timothy Lanane [D]	Sen. Frank Mrvan [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Earline Rogers [D]
Sen. Vi Simpson [D]	Sen. Timothy Skinner [D]	Sen. Karen Tallian [D]	Sen. Greg Taylor [D]
Sen. Richard Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-04		First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
2012-01-04		Coauthored by Senators Breaux, Broden, Hume, Lanane, Mrvan, Randolph, Rogers, Skinner, Tallian and R. Young
2012-01-04		Authored by Senators Taylor, Simpson and Arnold

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0261
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN0261.1.html