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PA SB150
Bill
Status
6/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Steven Santarsiero
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AI Summary
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Adds "sexual orientation" and "gender identity or expression" as protected classes under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on these characteristics
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Defines "sexual orientation" as physical, romantic, or emotional attraction to individuals of the same or different gender, and "gender identity or expression" as gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms, or characteristics regardless of designated or perceived sex
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Extends protections to cover discrimination based on "actual or perceived" protected characteristics, meaning individuals are protected even if wrongly perceived as belonging to a protected class
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Includes religious protection provisions stating the act cannot prohibit religious entities from determining or expressing faith tenets, or require individuals or religious entities to engage in conduct inconsistent with their faith, if such requirements would violate constitutional free exercise guarantees
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Permits employers to maintain reasonable dress or grooming standards during work hours, provided employees may adhere to standards consistent with their gender identity or expression
Legislative Description
Further providing for title of the act, for findings and declaration of policy, for right to freedom from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation, for definitions, for unlawful discriminatory practices and for prohibition of certain real estate practices; providing for protection of religious exercise; and further providing for powers and duties of the commission, for educational program and for construction and exclusiveness of remedy.
Last Action
Referred to Labor & Industry
6/3/2025