Ending Bankruptcy Discrimination Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8818
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2020-11-24
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy

Employment discrimination and employee rights
Latest action: action_date: 2020-11-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-11-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ending Bankruptcy Discrimination Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits a private employer from denying employment to an individual on the basis that the individual has filed for bankruptcy, has been insolvent during a specified period of time, or has not paid certain dischargeable debt. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8818 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 24, 2020 Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Mr. Nadler , and Mr. Cicilline ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 11, United States Code, to prohibit private employers to deny employment involving debtors in bankruptcy.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Bankruptcy Discrimination Act of 2020 . 2. Protection against discriminatory treatment Section 525(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by inserting deny employment to, after may . 3. Effective date; application of amendment (a) Effective date Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Application of amendment The amendment made by this Act shall not apply with respect to conduct that occurs before the date of the enactment of this Act.