HB 9 State Police Volunteer Chaplaincy Program; established

About HB-9

State Police Volunteer Chaplaincy Program. Allows the Superintendent of State Police to establish a Volunteer Chaplaincy Program. The Superintendent may establish guidelines regarding the selection, conduct, and supervision of volunteers, but may not regulate the volunteers' expression of religious beliefs. The bill also requires that when a volunteer chaplain provides an invocation or benediction at a Department-sanctioned event, the printed program include a disclaimer that the beliefs expressed are those of the individual and are not endorsed or approved by the Department of State Police.