United States · Bill · S
S. 387 (116th)
Fair Chance Act
Introduced
7 February 2019
Last action
10 April 2019 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 69.
Sponsors
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 or the Fair Chance Act This bill prohibits federal agencies and federal contractors from requesting that applicants for employment disclose criminal history record information before receiving a conditional offer of employment. Agencies may not require an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee. The bill (1) sets forth positions to which such prohibitions shall not apply; and (2) requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) to issue regulations identifying additional positions with respect to which the prohibition shall not apply. The OPM, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the GSA, and DOD must (1) establish procedures for submitting complaints about, and taking actions against, agency employees and contractors for violating such prohibitions and for appealing such an action; and (2) issue regulations to implement this bill. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in coordination with the Bureau of the Census, must design and initiate a study on the employment of individuals who are released from federal prison after completing a term of imprisonment for a federal criminal offense.
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Timeline
7 February 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
7 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
13 February 2019
Reported
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
10 April 2019
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 69.
Source: Calendars
10 April 2019
Reported
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-33.
Source: Committee
10 April 2019
Reported
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-33.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 10 April 2019 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 7 February 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Fair Chance Act
- related to ← Next Step Act of 2019
- related to ← Next Step Act of 2019
- related to ← National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- related to ← National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- related to ← Fair Chance Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/387
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/387
- us · 116-s-387 · source updated 5 December 2025