HB 1358 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending Title 48 (Lodging and Housing) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hotels, providing for protection of hotel employees; and imposing penalties.

HB 1358 updates Pennsylvania's lodging laws to directly protect hotel employees. It requires hotels to safeguard workers from retaliation for reporting safety issues or violations, replacing vague existing rules with specific protections. The bill imposes fines on hotels that violate these new safeguards, targeting employers who fail to prevent retaliation. This law affects all Pennsylvania hotels and lodging businesses, focusing on concrete changes to employee safety and enforcement.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Jul 2025

House Passage

Jul 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 30, 2025 Last action Jul 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN1546 → Printer's No. PN2067 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill update adds new sponsors to the legislation and clarifies that the Department of Labor and Industry has authority over the bill. It strengthens protections for hotel employees by requiring immediate reassignment to a safe area away from the guest room who caused a threat, rather than just general reassignment. The education program for employees is now explicitly required to include written information about their rights. Finally, the effective date of the law is extended from nine months to one year to allow more time for implementation.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include new sponsors and clarified the departmental authority, while the applicability of the safety device rules was refined to mandate specific safe zones for threatened employees.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new sponsors (Dellosso, Webster, Khan, and T. Davis) to the list of bill authors.

DEFINITION

Clarified the definition of 'Hotel employer' to explicitly include control through temporary agencies.

REQUIREMENT

Modified the safety protocol to require reassigning threatened employees to a different work area away from the specific guest room where the threat originated.

Added a requirement that the employee education program must include written information regarding employee rights.

TIMELINE

Extended the effective date of the act from nine months to one year.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a mandatory warning letter for the first violation before an administrative penalty can be assessed.

Floor votes · House Jul 7, 2025

How they voted

109–94

Passed

Total votes 203

Jul 7, 2025

D Democratic102

102 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican101

7 Yea 94 Nay

93% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jul 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Labor & Industry

upper

Jul 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third consideration and final passage

lower

Jul 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

Jul 1, 2025

Committee

Re-committed to Appropriations

lower

Jul 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

Jun 17, 2025

Committee

Re-committed to Rules

lower

Jun 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported as committed

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

Referred to Labor & Industry

lower

1 primary · 26 co-sponsors