PRINTER'S NO. 232
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
269
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, MADDEN, KINSEY, GUENST, PROBST, CIRESI,
HILL-EVANS, SAPPEY, SANCHEZ, DELLOSO, SAMUELSON, SCHWEYER AND
HOWARD, MARCH 10, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 10, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 8, 1868 (P.L.73, No.37), entitled "An
act to authorize the recorder of deeds in the several
counties of this Commonwealth to record the discharges of all
honorably discharged officers and soldiers," further
providing for confidentiality of records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2(2) of the act of April 8, 1868 (P.L.73,
No.37), entitled "An act to authorize the recorder of deeds in
the several counties of this commonwealth to record the
discharges of all honorably discharged officers and soldiers,"
is amended to read:
Section 2. Records of discharges, reports of separation and
similar forms recorded or received by the recorder of deeds for
recording under section 1 shall be confidential and no
disclosure thereof shall be made by the recorder of deeds except
as follows:
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(2) To a person making a request for a record, report or
form when the event that resulted in the record, report or form
occurred more than [seventy-five] eighty-five years prior to the
request.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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