The City of Los Angeles as well as some states have enacted laws for something similar as they are trying to ease discrimination in hiring of people with felonies in their background. It's called ban the box law. Employers can not ask about a criminal background until a job offer is made. It's an effort, similar to this suggestion, to put everyone on an equal footing allowing their work history, education, references, appearance and personality to influence hiring instead of whether someone made a poor decision years ago.
I have not heard how well it is working, if at all.
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