Protecting Our Children Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Our Children Act - Amends the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to exempt from its prohibition against lie detector use the employers of prospective employees who care for or supervise or interact with unsupervised children on a frequent basis.
Requires such prospective employees to be given reasonable written notice of the date, time, and location of the polygraph test and of their right to consult with legal counsel or an employee representative before each phase of the test.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 24, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2014Introduced in House
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