Bill > A5626

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Civil Service Commission to create a form pertaining to criminal investigations of applicants for State employment that will be included with every application for public employment in the classified, unclassified, and senior executive service of State government. The form must be included in the application process in a manner consistent with "The Opportunity to Compete Act," and will ask the following: whether the applicant is or has ever been the subject of a criminal investigation by any law enforcement agency in this State; whether the investigation concerns or concerned an accusation levied by another employee of the same State agency to which the applicant is applying; whether the applicant was arrested, charged, indicted, or convicted pursuant to that investigation; and the result of any subsequent appellate filings. The form must also inquire whether the applicant has ever been arrested, charged, indicted, or convicted under N.J.S.2C:14-2 (Sexual Assault or Aggravated Sexual Assault) and N.J.S.2C:14-3 (Criminal Sexual Contact or Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact).

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Gordon Johnson (D)*,  Nancy Muñoz (R)*,  Eliana Pintor Marin (D)*,  BettyLou DeCroce (R),  JoAnn Downey (D),  Carol Murphy (D),  Nancy Pinkin (D),  Holly Schepisi (R),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D), 

Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading (on 11/18/2019)

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