Bill Text - HB441 (2017)

Relative to confidentiality in applying for public sector jobs.


Revision: Jan. 27, 2017, 9:29 a.m.

HB 441 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0221

06/01

 

HOUSE BILL 441

 

AN ACT relative to confidentiality in applying for public sector jobs.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cahill, Rock. 17; Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11; Rep. Patten, Merr. 17; Rep. Snow, Hills. 42; Rep. Porter, Hills. 1; Rep. Lovejoy, Rock. 36

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill exempts records of the initial screening process for employment in the public sector from the provisions of RSA 91-A.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0221

06/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to confidentiality in applying for public sector jobs.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Subparagraph; Access to Governmental Records and Meetings; Nonpublic Sessions.  Amend RSA 91-A:3, II by inserting after subparagraph (l) the following new subparagraph:

(m)  The initial screening of applications for public sector employment.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.