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PA HB241

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Seth Grove

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits Pennsylvania municipalities (counties, cities, boroughs, townships) from regulating or enforcing mandates on employer policies related to wages, benefits, hiring, termination, scheduling, employee leave, and other employment terms and conditions

  • Exempts from the prohibition: mandates affecting municipal employees, ordinances authorized under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, and collective bargaining agreements

  • Voids any municipal employer mandate ordinances enacted on or after January 1, 2015, while grandfathering ordinances enacted before that date

  • Allows adversely affected persons to seek declaratory or injunctive relief and actual damages in court for violations, with courts required to award reasonable expenses (attorney fees, expert witness fees, court costs, lost income) to prevailing plaintiffs

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment and adds Section 307 to Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

Legislative Description

In preemptions, providing for employer mandates by municipalities.

Last Action

Referred to Local Government

1/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Local Government1/22/2025

Full Bill Text

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