PENNSYLVANIA, March 14 - PRINTER'S NO. 433

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

451

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, BARTOLOTTA, BREWSTER, KANE, FONTANA,

DILLON, PENNYCUICK, COSTA, CAPPELLETTI AND STREET,

MARCH 14, 2023

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 14, 2023

AN ACT

Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in selection of employees for entrance

to or promotion in classified service, providing for

additional points in grading civil service examinations of

applicants with disabilities.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 2308. Additional points in grading civil service examinations

of applicants with disabilities.

(a) Additional points assessed.--Whenever an applicant with

a disability successfully passes a civil service appointment

examination for a public position in this Commonwealth, or any

political subdivision thereof, and establishes that the person

possesses the qualifications required by law for appointment to

the public position, the person's examination shall be marked or

graded an additional five points above the mark or grade

credited for the examination, and the total mark or grade

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