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Senate Bill 391 Printer's Number 380

PENNSYLVANIA, March 11 - PRINTER'S NO. 380

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

391

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, FONTANA, COSTA AND COMITTA,

MARCH 11, 2021

REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, MARCH 11, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in employees, providing for use of

criminal background information.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 2172. Use of criminal background information.

(a) Authorized use.--A municipal law enforcement agency may

use criminal history record information as provided in 18

Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to criminal history record information)

to judge the qualifications and suitability of an applicant for

employment as a police officer in the municipality.

(b) Waiver.--Whenever a municipal law enforcement agency is

in receipt of information which is part of an applicant's

criminal history record information file that would disqualify

the applicant due to a criminal conviction, the municipal law

enforcement agency may waive the disqualification based on the

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