PRINTER'S NO.  1231

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1039

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, WASHINGTON, BREWSTER, LEACH AND FARNESE, MAY 16, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, MAY 16, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Requiring the Pennsylvania State Police to conduct criminal

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background checks requested by an employer.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Short title.

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This act shall be known and may be cited as the Criminal

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Background Check Act.

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Section 2.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

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have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Criminal background check."  A criminal background check of

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any resident of this Commonwealth conducted at the request of an

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employer.

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Section 3.  Pennsylvania State Police.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except for

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criminal background checks conducted by a Federal, State or

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local governmental agency, the Pennsylvania State Police shall

 


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conduct all criminal background checks.

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Section 10.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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