HB 1825 — An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for powers and duties of the Commission; and providing for employer policies and procedures.

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24092639 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.

1825 2025 INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, WAXMAN, WEBSTER, KINKEAD, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, ABNEY, VENKAT, MAYES, GIRAL, HOWARD, BOROWSKI, HILL-EVANS, HANBIDGE, RIVERA, TAKAC, PROBST, INGLIS, DALEY, GUENST, GREENGREEN, SCOTT, K.HARRIS, MADSEN AND SCOTT,KHAN, AUGUST 27, 2025 AS REPORTEDAMENDED FROM COMMITTEE ON LABORSECOND ANDCONSIDERATION, INDUSTRY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ASNOVEMBER AMENDED,19, OCTOBER 7, 2025 AN ACT Ame"An act prohibiting certain practices of discriminationtitled because of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, age or national origin by employers, employment agencies, labor organizations and others as herein defined;

establishing the Human Relations Training Fund.Fund.res;

and <-- The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

(6) A procedure for the timely, thorough and prompt <-- investigation of claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation filed by an employe.

(b)(7) AnA employerPROHIBITION shallON makeMAKING theFALSE policiesAND andFRIVOLOUS proceduresREPORTS underOF this<-- sectionHARASSMENT, availableDISCRIMINATION andAND easilyRETALIATION, accessibleINCLUDING toANY allDISCIPLINARY employes,CONSEQUENCES andFOR mayAN postEMPLOYE theWHO policiesKNOWINGLY andMAKES proceduresA onFALSE theOR employer'sFRIVOLOUS 20250HB1825PN2409REPORT. - 2 - Internet website that is accessible to employes.

20250HB1825PN2639 - 2 - (b) An employer shall make the policies and procedures under this section available and easily accessible to all employes, and may post COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT BY POSTING the <-- policies and procedures on the employer's Internet website that is accessible to employes.

NOTHINGNothing INin THISthis CLAUSEclause SHALLshall <--be BEconstrued CONSTRUEDto TOrequire REQUIREan ANemployer EMPLOYERto TOadopt ADOPTthe THEstandard STANDARDpolicies POLICIESand ANDprocedures PROCEDURESdeveloped DEVELOPEDby BYthe THECommission, COMMISSION,provided PROVIDEDthat THATthe THEemployer EMPLOYERmaintains MAINTAINSpolicies POLICIESand ANDprocedures PROCEDURESthat THATare AREconsistent CONSISTENTwith WITHthe THErequirements REQUIREMENTSof OFclause CLAUSE(a). (A).

The Commission shall alert employers of changes to the standard policies and procedures and shall establish and utilize an 20250HB1825PN2639 - 3 - electronic notification system to issue the alerts.

20250HB1825PN2409 - 3 - (f) A person claiming a violation of this section may file a complaint with the Commission.

The Commission may waiveCURED. the fine for a second-time violation of this section if the violation is a result of the employer failing to update policies and procedures in accordance with clause (e), provided the employer proves to the satisfaction of the Commission, not later than sixty days after issuance of the citation, that the violation has been cured.

(h)<-- The(4) HumanUNLESS RelationsAN TrainingEMPLOYER FundHAS isDEMONSTRATED establishedWILLFUL asDISREGARD FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL waive the fine for a fundsecond-time violation of this section if the violation is a result of the employer failing to update policies 20250HB1825PN2639 - 4 - and procedures in accordance with clause (e), provided the Stateemployer Treasury.proves to the satisfaction of the Commission, not later than sixty days after issuance of the citation, that the violation has been cured.

(h) The followingHuman provisionsRelations applyTraining toFund 20250HB1825PN2409is -established 4as -a <-- fund in the fund:State Treasury.

The following provisions apply to the fund:

(H) A FINE IMPOSED AND COLLECTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER <-- CLAUSE (G) OR A CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSED UNDER SECTION 9(F)(2) SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

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