HB 2187 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, further providing for criminal history background checks of employees and contractors with access to Federal tax information.

PRINTER'S NO.   2850

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2187
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, PROBST, BRENNAN, GUZMAN,
        RIVERA, WEBSTER, HANBIDGE, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MAYES, MADDEN AND
        CURRY, FEBRUARY 2, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 3, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in administrative organization, further
22      providing for criminal history background checks of employees
23      and contractors with access to Federal tax information.
24      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25   hereby enacts as follows:
26      Section 1.    Section 226(e) of the act of April 9, 1929
27   (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
28   amended to read:
 1      Section 226.   Criminal History Background Checks of Employes
 2   and Contractors with Access to Federal Tax Information.--* * *
 3      (e)   An individual who has been determined suitable to access
 4   Federal tax information under this section shall resubmit to a
 5   criminal history background check under subsections (a) and (b)
 6   within [ten] five years of the individual's last check under
 7   this section, unless the agency participates in a program
 8   exempting employes from clearance.
 9      * * *
10      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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