PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 894
PRINTER'S NO. 1020
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
300
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KENYATTA, BENHAM, FRANKEL, MAYES, SMITH-WADE-EL,
SCOTT, MADDEN, PROBST, SIEGEL, STURLA, BRENNAN, WAXMAN,
SANCHEZ, ZABEL, KINKEAD, FIEDLER, SCHLOSSBERG, PARKER,
PISCIOTTANO, ROZZI, N. NELSON, MARKOSEK, HILL-EVANS, McNEILL,
O'MARA, SAMUELSON, HANBIDGE, GUENST, RABB, BURGOS, KINSEY,
CIRESI, OTTEN, DEASY, DELLOSO, VENKAT, CERRATO, HOWARD,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, WARREN, DALEY, KRAJEWSKI, BRIGGS, FLEMING,
CONKLIN, WEBSTER, MADSEN, SHUSTERMAN, HOHENSTEIN, PIELLI,
McANDREW, INNAMORATO, MALAGARI, D. WILLIAMS, KHAN, BOROWSKI,
TAKAC, DONAHUE, GREEN, KIM, KRUEGER, T. DAVIS, ISAACSON,
HARRIS AND YOUNG, APRIL 17, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 24, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), entitled
"An act prohibiting certain practices of discrimination
because of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, age or
national origin by employers, employment agencies, labor
organizations and others as herein defined; creating the
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission in the Governor's
Office; defining its functions, powers and duties; providing
for procedure and enforcement; providing for formulation of
an educational program to prevent prejudice; providing for
judicial review and enforcement and imposing penalties,"
further providing for the title of the act, for findings and
declaration of policy, for right to freedom from
discrimination in employment, housing and public
accommodation, for definitions, for unlawful discriminatory
practices and for prohibition of certain real estate
practices; providing for protection of religious exercise;
and further providing for powers and duties of commission,
for educational program and for construction and
exclusiveness of remedy.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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