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
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:
ยง 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
individual possesses the qualifications required by law for
appointment to the public position, the individual's examination
shall be marked or graded an additional five points above the
mark or grade credited for the examination, and the total mark
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individual and shall determine the individual's standing on any
eligible list, certified or furnished to the appointing power.
(b) Advertisement.--The director shall advertise, on the
commission's publicly accessible Internet website and in all
commission announcements, advertisements and examination
materials that to determine standing on all certified
eligibility lists, an additional five points will be applied to
the final examination score obtained by an applicant with a
disability in accordance with this section.
(c) Qualification.--
(1) In order to qualify for the additional points as
provided in subsection (a), an applicant with a disability
must voluntarily disclose to the commission the nature of the
disability and submit any supporting documentation as
required by the commission under this section.
(2) Nothing in this section may be construed as
requiring an applicant with a disability to disclose the
disability in violation of any Federal, State or local law.
(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"applicant with a disability" shall mean an applicant who
discloses to the commission that the applicant has a handicap or
disability as defined under section 4 of the act of October 27,
1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human
Relations Act, and as required under subsection (c).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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