PRINTER'S NO. 1477
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1043
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, LEACH, EICHELBERGER, SCAVELLO,
BARTOLOTTA, LANGERHOLC, FARNESE, HAYWOOD, WHITE, HUGHES AND
STREET, FEBRUARY 9, 2018
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in criminal history record
information, further providing for use of records for
employment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9125 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 9125. Use of records for employment.
(a) General rule.--Whenever an employer is in receipt of
information which is part of [an employment applicant's] the
criminal history record information file of an employment
applicant or an employee, it may use that information for the
purpose of deciding whether or not to [hire the applicant] begin
or continue employment, only in accordance with this section.
(b) Use of information.--Felony and misdemeanor convictions
may be considered by the employer only to the extent to which
they relate to [the applicant's] suitability for employment in
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the position [for which he has] applied for or held.
(c) Notice.--
(1) The employer shall notify in writing the applicant
if the decision not to hire the applicant is based in whole
or in part on criminal history record information.
(2) The employer shall notify in writing the employee if
an adverse employment decision is based in whole or in part
on criminal history record information.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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