PRINTER'S NO. 4294
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2828
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY A. DAVIS, HOWARD, McCLINTON, YOUNGBLOOD, MADDEN,
HILL-EVANS, GALLOWAY, HARRIS, ROZZI, INNAMORATO, DONATUCCI,
CEPHAS, McNEILL, KINSEY, BURGOS, KENYATTA, LEE, ISAACSON,
DRISCOLL AND GREEN, AUGUST 28, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AUGUST 28, 2020
AN ACT
Prohibiting employers from using consumer reporting under
certain circumstances; and providing for enforcement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Equal
Employment for All Act.
Section 2. Prohibition.
No employer or potential employer shall procure a consumer
report or investigative consumer report, or cause a consumer
report or investigative consumer report to be procured, for
purposes of employment or making an adverse employment action if
any information contained in the report bears on the employee's
or potential employee's creditworthiness, credit standing or
credit capacity, unless any of the following apply:
(1) The consumer applies for or currently holds
employment that requires national security or Commonwealth
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