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Statute References

2017-2018 Legislation Amending Act 222 of 1955

These bills amend the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.0744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. To view a list of all statutes that amend this act, visit the Chronological History.

# of House Bills: 12

# of Senate Bills: 6

Bill	Sponsor	Memo
House Bill 38	Rep. SACCONE	Human Relations Act – Protecting the Exercise of Self-Defense Rights
House Bill 402	Rep. GROVE	Reforming the Human Relations Commission
House Bill 416	Rep. MURT	Therapy Dogs for Veterans and Others (Former HB 1466)
House Bill 765	Rep. MURT	Credit Check for Employment (prior HB 1007)
House Bill 1410	Rep. FRANKEL	LGBT Non-Discrimination
House Bill 1971	Rep. MADDEN	Expanding sexual harassment protections in the workplace
House Bill 2280	Rep. MADDEN	Amending PA Human Relations Act to Expand Protections for Workers
House Bill 2282	Rep. RABB	Amending the PA Human Relations Act to Protect Interns
House Bill 2283	Rep. D. COSTA	Employment Fair Practices and Discrimination Notices Reform
House Bill 2286	Rep. DAVIDSON	Increase the Statute of Limitations for Filing Discrimination and Harassment Complaints
House Bill 2341	Rep. FRANKEL
House Bill 2475	Rep. GALLOWAY	Co-sponsorship of Legislation – Policies and Procedures for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation
Senate Bill 235	Sen. LEACH	Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Based on Marital or Familial Status
Senate Bill 613	Sen. BROWNE	Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity or expression
Senate Bill 1146	Sen. FARNESE	Expanding the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act
Senate Bill 1147	Sen. FONTANA	Anti-Harassment Training
Senate Bill 1148	Sen. TARTAGLIONE	Legislation to expand protection from discrimination to all independent contractors and unpaid interns.
Senate Bill 1149	Sen. WILLIAMS	Protecting Domestic Workers