PRINTER'S NO. 1860
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1477
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, HARRIS, BOBACK, BOYLE, BULLOCK, BURGOS,
CEPHAS, A. DAVIS, T. DAVIS, DELLOSO, DRISCOLL, EVERETT,
FITZGERALD, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GOODMAN, HANBIDGE, HELM, HILL-
EVANS, KEEFER, KENYATTA, KINSEY, KOSIEROWSKI, MADDEN,
McCLINTON, MULLINS, NEILSON, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER,
SHUSTERMAN, WEBSTER, ZABEL AND JONES, MAY 22, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 22, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record
information, further providing for use of records by
licensing agencies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9124(a), (b) and (c) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
is amended by adding subsections to read:
§ 9124. Use of records by licensing agencies.
(a) State agencies.--[Except as provided by this chapter, a]
A board, commission or department of the Commonwealth, when
determining eligibility for licensing, certification,
registration or permission to engage in a trade, profession or
occupation, may consider convictions of the applicant of crimes
[but the convictions] only in accordance with this chapter.
Convictions shall not automatically preclude the issuance of a
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