US Congress House Bill 6220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 26 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ban the Box Act - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for certain employers to seek information concerning a job applicant's conviction for a criminal offense. Sets forth exceptions authorizing an employer to seek such information: (1) after a conditional offer for employment has been extended to an applicant, or (2) where the granting of employment may involve an unreasonable risk to the safety of specific individuals or the general public. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue rules indentifying factors to be considered by employers in assessing whether an individual's past criminal history poses such an unreasonable risk within defined categories of employment. Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices.

Ban the Box Act

Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2012-08-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2012-07-26	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2012-07-26	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2012-07-26	House	Referred to House House Administration
2012-07-26	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2012-07-26	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6220/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6220/BILLS-112hr6220ih.pdf