PRINTER'S NO. 26
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
46
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, HUGHES, COSTA, FONTANA AND TARTAGLIONE,
JANUARY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 14, 2015
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
security or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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