PRINTER'S NO. 1451
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1320
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, McNEILL, SHUSTERMAN, SANCHEZ,
SCHLOSSBERG, MADDEN, HOHENSTEIN, HILL-EVANS, KHAN, DELLOSO,
MUSTELLO, HOWARD, PIELLI, ISAACSON AND GREEN, JUNE 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 5, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and
related offenses, providing for whistleblower protection and
further providing for nonapplicability of subchapter.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5557.1. Whistleblower protection.
An employee of a business, nonprofit entity or government
entity subject to this subchapter shall be deemed to be an
employee under the act of December 12, 1986 (P.L.1559, No.169),
known as the Whistleblower Law, with regard to a good faith
report of a potential violation of this subchapter. A business,
nonprofit entity or government entity subject to this subchapter
shall be deemed to be an employer under the Whistleblower Law
with regard to a good faith report of a potential violation of
thi s subchapter.
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Section 2. Section 5561(b)(6) introductory paragraph of
Title 18 is amended to read:
§ 5561. Nonapplicability of subchapter.
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(b) Exemptions.--The provisions of this subchapter shall not
apply to the following:
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(6) Conduct to animals actively involved in a bona fide
scientific or medical research that is lawful under the laws
of the United States or this Commonwealth relating to
activities undertaken by a research facility that is one of
the following:
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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