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Bill bans credit checks for most jobs

April 2, 2015 Atlanta: Reps. Calvin Smyre (D-Columbus), left, and Winfred Dukes (D-Albany) confer in the back of the House chamber late Thursday evening April 2, 2015. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com
April 2, 2015 Atlanta: Reps. Calvin Smyre (D-Columbus), left, and Winfred Dukes (D-Albany) confer in the back of the House chamber late Thursday evening April 2, 2015. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com
By Aaron Gould Sheinin
Jan 31, 2017

Legislation filed in the state House on Tuesday would prohibit employers from requiring a credit check on most job applicants.

House Bill 182, sponsored by Rep. Winfred Dukes, D-Albany, says employers may only run credit checks for managerial positions, for any job that involves a fiduciary responsibility or those that include access to financial information of customers, employees or employers.

As of 2014, 11 states limit the use of credit checks in employment, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Dukes' faces an uphill battle to convince the Republican-dominated House and Senate to go along with his proposal. The AJC's Legislative Navigator gives the bill a 16 percent chance of becoming law.

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