HB1582: Home access businesses; owner/operator thereof to conduct criminal background check of employees.
Introduced By
Del.
Algie Howell (D-Norfolk)
Algie Howell
(D-Norfolk)
Served: 2004–
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
08/05/2008: In Committee
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Summary
Employees of home access businesses; penalty. Requires the owner or operator of a commercial establishment that provides a service that requires the establishment's employees regularly to enter the interior area of the residence of its customers to conduct a criminal background check of employees whose regular duties can reasonably be expected to require entering the interior area of the residence of its customers. Effective September 1, 2009, employers are prohibited from employing an employee unless the employer has found, upon completion of a criminal records check, that the employee has not been convicted of any felony. Employers are required to keep copies of the fingerprints and records check for such employees. Employers shall provide identification badges to employees and require the employees to wear the badge when they are expected to enter customers' homes. Violations constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor. View Full Text »
Comments
What's driving this proposed bill? In all my 25 years of assisting ex offenders obtain employment I have only had one incident of an ex offender breaching the confidence of a customer. A jar of pennies was taken from a house he was servicing. He was promptly fired. A rare misdead should not reflect negatively on the overall good that is accomplished by the overwhelming majority.
Oh my goodness! My toilet will never get fixed again!
Interesting bill given the fact that the DOC provides training to inmates in many of the occupations covered by this bill - plumbing, electrical, ac/heat, carpentry, roofing, etc. So, we lock these people up, tell them to learn a trade, TEACH them that trade, and then create a law to prevent them from doing it.
Just what, exactly, do we expect former offenders to do with their lives (while remaining crime-free, of course)? I guess they can still dig ditches and hold flags for traffic ... at least for now ...
What, the flagman down the street might be a felon. Help Help LOL You know, if the felons would have followed the law in the first place they wouldn't be felons. What makes anyone think they will follow the new law.
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