PRINTER'S NO. 3955
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2602
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, WHEATLEY, RABB, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY,
GALLOWAY, DALEY, WEBSTER, SCHLOSSBERG, DAWKINS, KIM,
McCLINTON, ROEBUCK, A. DAVIS, FIEDLER, YOUNGBLOOD, HOWARD,
STURLA, GREEN, BURGOS, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ, ROZZI, OTTEN,
CEPHAS, GAINEY AND MADDEN, JUNE 23, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 23, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), entitled
"An act specifically authorizing collective bargaining
between policemen and firemen and their public employers;
providing for arbitration in order to settle disputes, and
requiring compliance with collective bargaining agreements
and findings of arbitrators," further providing for right to
collectively bargain.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237,
No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective
Bargaining Act, is amended to read:
Section 1. (a) Policemen or firemen employed by a political
subdivision of the Commonwealth or by the Commonwealth shall,
through labor organizations or other representatives designated
by fifty percent or more of such policemen or firemen, have the
right to bargain collectively with their public employers
concerning the terms and conditions of their employment,
including compensation, hours, working conditions, retirement,
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pensions and other benefits, and shall have the right to an
adjustment or settlement of their grievances or disputes in
accordance with the terms of this act.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any provision of law
to the contrary, no collective bargaining agreement may contain
any language that interferes, appears to interfere with or
otherwise governs the conduct of any police misconduct
investigation, disciplinary action or discipline records,
including language to prevent public disclosure of discipline
records and the findings of a misconduct investigation or a
disciplinary action.
(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of the act of February
14, 2008, (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, the
records of a completed police misconduct investigation,
including discipline and disciplinary actions, compiled or
maintained by a police department of a political subdivision or
by the Commonwealth subject to a collective bargaining agreement
under subsection (a), may not be protected and shall be subject
to public disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law.
Section 2. The amendment of section 1 of the act shall apply
to collective bargaining agreements that commence after the
effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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