SB 626 — Relating to: discrimination based on arrest or conviction record under the fair employment law. (FE)

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The bill modifies the fair employment law regarding the discrimination based on arrest or conviction records, specifically altering the conditions under which licenses can be denied.

• Wis. Stat. § 452.05

  452.05(1)(h)

  Repeals a provision related to the duties of the board regarding licensing.

• Wis. Stat. § 452.07

  452.07(2)

  Repeals a provision related to the board's rules.

• Wis. Stat. § 111.335(1)(b)

  Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of arrest record to refuse to employ or license, or to suspend from employment or licensing, any individual who is subject to a pending criminal charge if the circumstances of the charge substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity, except as provided in sub. (4)(a) → Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of arrest record to refuse to employ or license, or to suspend from employment or licensing, any individual who is subject to a pending criminal charge if the circumstances of the charge substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity, except as provided in sub. (4) (a)

  Clarifies the conditions under which a license can be denied based on a pending criminal charge.

• Wis. Stat. § 111.335(3)(a)

  Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to refuse to employ or license, or to bar or terminate from employment or licensing, any individual if any of the following applies to the individual: Subject to sub. (4)(b) to (d), the individual has been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, or other offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity. → Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment discrimination because of conviction record to refuse to employ or license, or to bar or terminate from employment or licensing, any individual if any of the following applies to the individual: Subject to sub. (4) (b) to (d), the individual has been convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, or other offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the circumstances of the particular job or licensed activity.

  Ensures consistency in the language regarding employment discrimination based on conviction records.

• Wis. Stat. § 111.335(1)(d)1.

  “Educational agency” means a school district, a cooperative educational service agency, a county children with disabilities education board, a state prison under s. 302.01, a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Mendota Mental Health Institute, the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, a state center for the developmentally disabled, a private school, a charter school, a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian agency under contract with a school board under s. 118.153 (3) (c), or a nonsectarian private school or agency under contract with the board of school directors in a 1st class city under s. 119.235 (1). → “Educational agency” means a school district, a cooperative educational service agency, a county children with disabilities education board, a state prison under s. 302.01, a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Mendota Mental Health Institute, the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, a state center for the developmentally disabled, a private school, a charter school, a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian agency under contract with a school board under s. 118.153 (3) (c), or a nonsectarian private school or agency under contract with the board of school directors in a 1st class city under s. 119.235 (1).

  Renames and clarifies the definition of educational agency.

Action History

1. January 22, 2018

   Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling

2. January 16, 2018

   Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor

3. January 16, 2018

   Public hearing held

4. January 02, 2018

   Fiscal estimate received

5. December 07, 2017

   Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

6. December 07, 2017

   Introduced by Senators Darling, Feyen, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson, Olsen and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Petryk, Berceau, Brostoff, Horlacher, Kitchens, Knodl, Kooyenga, Krug, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Mursau, Spiros, Steffen and Novak

Sponsors

• Petrowski · Primary
• LaTonya Johnson · Primary
• Darling · Primary
• Tim Carpenter · Primary
• Dan Feyen · Primary
• Olsen · Primary
• Chris Larson · Primary

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