HB209 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Craig Ford

Independent

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Relating to firearms and ammunition, public officials and public and private employers prohibited from rezoning applicants or employees relating to possession or use of firearms or ammunition under certain conditions, public employers prohibited from conditioning employment upon applicants agreement to forego certain rights related to firearm, civil action for certain damages authorized.

Description

This bill would prohibit public or private employers from requiring an applicant for employment or an employee to disclose information about whether the applicant or employee owns, possesses, uses, or transports a firearm or ammunition under certain conditions.

This bill would prohibit public or private employers from conditioning employment upon an agreement that the applicant forego any rights related to the lawful ownership, possession, storage, transportation, or use of a firearm or ammunition under certain conditions.

This bill also would authorize a civil action for an applicant or employee adversely affected by violations of the act, would specify those damages the applicant or employee would be entitled to recover, and would provide that a public employer or public official would not be immune from suit.

Subjects

Firearms