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Introduced Session

This bill requires motor vehicle history checks and adds certain disqualifying offenses for community agency employees. N.J.S.A.30:6D-64 requires criminal background checks for community agency employees. This bill amends N.J.S.A.30:6D-64 to also require motor vehicle history checks for community agency employees. Under the bill, a prospective or current employee of a community agency may be disqualified from employment if his or her driving record reveals any of the following offenses in New Jersey or any other state or jurisdiction in the previous 10 years: operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs; operating a motor vehicle in a reckless or careless manner; or a driver's license suspension due to the accumulation of motor vehicle penalty points or multiple motor vehicle offenses. The bill provides that no individual is to be disqualified from employment or from being qualified as a community care residence applicant, alternate, or household member on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a motor vehicle history record background check if the individual has affirmatively demonstrated to the Department of Human Services, clear and convincing evidence of the individual's rehabilitation.

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Joe Lagana (D)*,  Douglas Steinhardt (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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