PENNSYLVANIA, January 20 - PRINTER'S NO. 13

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

31

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY A. WILLIAMS AND TARTAGLIONE, JANUARY 20, 2021

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 20, 2021

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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