A resolution expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as "Fair Chance Jobs Month".

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (Democratic-MA)April 30, 2025

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Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2717-2718)

Senate would support a 'Fair Chance Jobs Month' to help people with past convictions find work.

If passed, the Senate would officially support designating April 2025 as "Fair Chance Jobs Month." This resolution aims to back efforts that help people with past arrest or conviction records find stable jobs, housing, healthcare, and food. It would also support removing barriers that make it hard for these individuals to get hired.

What Would Change

Today, nearly 80,000,000 people in the U.S. with arrest or conviction records face significant barriers to employment, including about 14,000 laws and regulations that restrict job access, leading to nearly two-thirds being jobless at any given time. If this resolution becomes law, the Senate would formally express support for designating April 2025 as "Fair Chance Jobs Month" and would back efforts to dismantle these structural barriers, expand job training programs, and help people impacted by incarceration find stable jobs, housing, healthcare, and nutrition.

Key Provisions

The Senate would express support for designating April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as "Fair Chance Jobs Month."
The Senate would support efforts to help people directly impacted by incarceration get stable jobs, housing, healthcare, and food.
The Senate would support efforts to remove structural barriers to fair-chance hiring, such as job licensing rules and employer liability concerns.
The Senate would support efforts to expand job training programs for people returning from prison and others impacted by incarceration.
The Senate would support efforts to connect job providers with people returning from prison who are seeking jobs.
The Senate would support efforts to publicize job opportunities open to applicants with past arrest or conviction records.

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SRES 189 · 119th Congress · April 30, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

A resolution expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as "Fair Chance Jobs Month".

What Would Change

Key Provisions

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