SB 593 — 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.

PRINTER'S NO.   601

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 593
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, STREET, FONTANA, COSTA AND KANE,
        APRIL 9, 2025

     REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 9, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in selection of employees for entrance
 3      to or promotion in classified service, providing for
 4      additional points in grading civil service examinations of
 5      applicants with disabilities.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 9   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
10   § 2308.   Additional points in grading civil service examinations
11                of applicants with disabilities.
12      (a)    Additional points assessed.--Whenever an applicant with
13   a disability successfully passes a civil service appointment
14   examination for a public position in this Commonwealth, or any
15   political subdivision thereof, and establishes that the
16   individual possesses the qualifications required by law for
17   appointment to the public position, the individual's examination
18   shall be marked or graded an additional five points above the
19   mark or grade credited for the examination, and the total mark
 1   or grade obtained shall represent the final mark or grade of the
 2   individual and shall determine the individual's standing on any
 3   eligible list, certified or furnished to the appointing power.
 4      (b)   Advertisement.--The director shall advertise, on the
 5   commission's publicly accessible Internet website and in all
 6   commission announcements, advertisements and examination
 7   materials that to determine standing on all certified
 8   eligibility lists, an additional five points will be applied to
 9   the final examination score obtained by an applicant with a
10   disability in accordance with this section.
11      (c)   Qualification.--
12            (1)   In order to qualify for the additional points as
13      provided in subsection (a), an applicant with a disability
14      must voluntarily disclose to the commission the nature of the
15      disability and submit any supporting documentation as
16      required by the commission under this section.
17            (2)   Nothing in this section may be construed as
18      requiring an applicant with a disability to disclose the
19      disability in violation of any Federal, State or local law.
20      (d)   Definition.--As used in this section, the term
21   "applicant with a disability" shall mean an applicant who
22   discloses to the commission that the applicant has a handicap or
23   disability as defined under section 4 of the act of October 27,
24   1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human
25   Relations Act, and as required under subsection (c).
26      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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