A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the office of state personnel to establish policies IDENTIFYING the specific occupational categories for which a criminal conviction is a bar to employment and to authorize that, for Those categories, the hiring authority may require disclosure of a prior conviction on initial application for employment; and to provide that, for all other occupational process, make an inquiry regarding a criminal conviction on the consideration OF a conviction after the applicant has been selected as a finalist for that position.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Office of State Personnel shall adopt rules to:
(1)	Identify the specific occupational categories for which a criminal conviction is a bar to State employment, and authorize for those categories the hiring authority to require disclosure of prior criminal convictions on the initial application for State employment.
(2)	Provide that, for all other occupational categories, State employment hiring authorities may not during the hiring process make an inquiry regarding a conviction on the initial application for employment and may only take into consideration a criminal conviction after the applicant has been selected as a finalist for that position.
SECTION 2.  The Office of State Personnel shall develop a protocol for State agencies, departments, and institutions to collect and track application and hiring rates of individuals with criminal convictions.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.