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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 767 By: Stewart
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to hiring practices; creating the
7 Fair Chance Hiring Practices by Public Employers Act;
8 providing short title; defining terms; prohibiting
8 certain employment positions from the provisions of
9 this act; preventing public employers from certain
9 practices before making a conditional offer to an
10 applicant; allowing public employers to employ
10 certain policies during the hiring process;
11 authorizing the public employer to consider certain
11 information during employment process; preventing
12 certain applications from the provisions of this act;
12 providing for codification; and providing an
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1000 of Title 40, unless there
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19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 This act shall be known and may be cited as "Fair Chance Hiring
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21 Practices by Public Employers Act".
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22 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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23 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1000.1 of Title 40, unless there
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1 As used in this act:
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2 1. "Public employer" means the State of Oklahoma or any
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3 political subdivision thereof, including any department, agency,
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4 board, commission, institution, authority, public trust,
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5 municipality, county, district, or instrumentality thereof;
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6 2. "Criminal record history information" means records related
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7 to a past criminal conviction, arrest, deferred adjudication, or
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8 juvenile adjudication; and
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9 3. "Sensitive positions" means any position:
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10 a. at a school district as defined in Section 1-108 of
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11 Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
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12 b. at a state educational institution as defined in
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13 Section 3102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
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14 c. with a law enforcement agency requiring Council on Law
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15 Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET)
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16 certification,
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17 d. as a jailer or correctional officer,
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18 e that works with or includes access to children or
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19 vulnerable adults, and
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20 f. with a public employer whose primary purpose is to
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21 perform financial or fiduciary functions.
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22 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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23 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1000.2 of Title 40, unless there
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1 This act shall not apply to:
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2 1. Sensitive positions as defined in Section 2 of this act;
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3 2. Private contractors or vendors conducting business with a
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4 public employer; or
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5 3. Positions under which federal, state, or local law requires
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6 the consideration of an applicant's criminal record history
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7 information.
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8 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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9 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1000.3 of Title 40, unless there
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10 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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11 A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, before
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12 making a conditional offer of employment to an applicant, a public
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13 employer may not:
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14 1. Obtain criminal history record information relating to the
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15 applicant; or
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16 2. Ask an applicant for employment to disclose, orally or in
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17 writing, information concerning the applicant's criminal history.
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18 B. However, before making a conditional offer of employment to
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19 an applicant, a public employer may:
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20 1. Notify an applicant that under federal, state, or local law,
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21 certain criminal convictions disqualify the applicant from
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22 consideration for the position; and
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23 2. Include a question in an initial employment application form
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24 regarding whether the applicant has a prior criminal conviction that
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1 would disqualify the applicant from employment under federal, state,
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2 or local law. Such questions shall be limited to offenses that
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3 result in disqualification under federal, state, or local law.
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4 C. This section does not prohibit a public employer from:
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5 1. Asking an applicant for information about an applicant's
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6 criminal record history information after the public employer has
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7 made a conditional offer of employment;
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8 2. Obtaining criminal record history information after a
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9 conditional offer of employment; or
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10 3. Considering the criminal record history information when
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11 making final hiring decisions.
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12 D. The provisions of this act shall only apply to employment
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13 applications submitted on or after the effective date of this act.
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14 SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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