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Statute References

2019-2020 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: 9

# of Senate Bills: 9

Bill	Sponsor	Memo
House Bill 392	Rep. SHUSTERMAN	Employment Fair Practices and Discrimination Notices.
House Bill 840	Rep. MURT	Therapy Dogs for Veterans and Others (Former HB 416)
House Bill 1025	Rep. MADDEN	Protecting Workers from Discrimination and Harassment
House Bill 1027	Rep. GALLOWAY	Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace
House Bill 1040	Rep. RABB	Training for Employees and Supervisors on Discrimination and Harassment
House Bill 1404	Rep. FRANKEL	LGBT Civil Rights Protection
House Bill 1620	Rep. DAVIDSON	Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace
House Bill 2725	Rep. McCLINTON	Hair and Hairstyle Discrimination
House Bill 2948	Rep. MURT	LGBTQ+ Bill of Rights
Senate Bill 53	Sen. A. WILLIAMS	Protecting Domestic Workers
Senate Bill 224	Sen. BROWNE
Senate Bill 452	Sen. PRIME SPONSOR WITHDREW	Legislation to expand protection from discrimination to all independent contractors and unpaid interns
Senate Bill 490	Sen. FARNESE	Expanding the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act
Senate Bill 498	Sen. FONTANA	Anti-Harassment Training
Senate Bill 503	Sen. TARTAGLIONE	Legislation to expand protection from discrimination to all independent contractors and unpaid interns.
Senate Bill 559	Sen. BLAKE	Required Workplace Harassment Policies and Reporting Procedures for Employers
Senate Bill 614	Sen. FARNESE	Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity or expression
Senate Bill 964	Sen. HUGHES	Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act