Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB64: An Act prohibiting the penalization of employees for nonparticipation in religious or political matters; providing for notice requirements; establishing the Captive Audience Meeting Enforcement Fund; and imposing penalties.
Status: In committee, March 23, 2026
What the bill says
To amend State law, a proposal to amend a regulation or a decision to join or support a political party or a political, civic, community, fraternal or labor organization. "Religious matter." A matter regarding a religious belief, affiliation or practice or a decision to join or support a religious organization or association. "Voluntary." Any of the following: (1) Not incentivized by a positive change in an employment condition, including a form of compensation or any other benefit of employment. (2) Not taken under threat of a negative change in an employment condition for nonattendance, incl.
From the introduced text, January 14, 2025:
to amend State law, a proposal to amend a regulation or a decision to join or support a political party or a political, civic, community, fraternal or labor organization. "Religious matter." A matter regarding a religious belief, affiliation or practice or a decision to join or support a religious organization or association. "Voluntary." Any of the following: (1) Not incentivized by a positive change in an employment condition, including a form of compensation or any other benefit of employment. (2) Not taken under threat of a negative change in an employment condition for nonattendance, including a negative performance evaluation, an adverse change in a form of compensation or an adverse change in any other benefit of employment. Section 4. Prohibition on penalizing employees for nonparticipation in religious or political matters. An employer or an agent, representative or designee of an employer may not discharge, discipline or penalize, threaten to discharge, discipline or penalize, or take adverse employment action against an employee: 20250HB0064PN0053 - 2 - (1) because the employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting or declines to receive or listen to a communication from the employer or an agent, representative or designee of the employer if the purpose of the meeting or communication is to transmit the opinion of the employer about a religious matter or …