Fair Chance Act

Summary

Official

Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 or the Fair Chance Act This bill prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment. Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract...

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Bill Progress

Committee is reviewing, marking up, or holding hearings on the bill

Introduced(2/7/19)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. CUMMINGS

(D) MD – 7

Cosponsors (24)

Collins

(R) GA

MALONEY

(D) NY

Sarbanes

(D) MD

RYAN

(D) OH

HASTINGS

(D) FL

Connolly

(D) VA

Budd

Senate (R) North Carolina

Lynch

House (D) Massachusetts

DeSaulnier

House (D) California

Khanna

House (D) California

Topics

Government Spending & Operations

Business & Finance

Defense

Employment

Law & The Judicial System

Latest Action

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.

Jan 24, 2020