Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 3/16/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 147 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 147 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:



 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State 
5Employment Application Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. In this Act:
7    "Application for State employment" means a written or 
8electronic form submitted by an applicant who is seeking  
9employment with a State agency.
10    "Violent offense" means an offense that is a violent crime 
11as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act.
12    "State agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 
131-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.

 
14    Section 10. State employment application; required 
15question. Subject to the exception set out in Section 20 of 
 
 
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1this Act, an application for State employment may not contain 
2any question as to whether the applicant was convicted of or 
3placed on supervision for a non-violent criminal offense but 
4must contain a question as to whether the applicant for State 
5employment has ever been convicted of a violent offense that is 
6classified as a felony.
 
7    Section 15. Criminal background checks permitted. Nothing 
8in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a State agency from 
9conducting a criminal background check of an applicant for 
10State employment.
 
11    Section 20. Application of federal or State law. If a 
12federal or State law disqualifies a person convicted of certain 
13offenses from holding a position, an application for that 
14position may inquire as to whether the applicant has been 
15convicted of a disqualifying offense. If an applicant is 
16applying for a position of peace officer as defined in Section 
172-13 of the Criminal Code of 1961, an application for that 
18position may inquire as to  whether the applicant has been 
19convicted of a disqualifying offense.   
 
20    Section 25. Refusal to hire for conviction of a criminal 
21offense. Nothing in this Act prohibits a decision to refuse to 
22hire on the basis that the applicant has been convicted of a 
23criminal offense.
 
 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.".