Recent Actions during 2015 Regular Session of the General Assembly [46 Pa.B. 756]
[Saturday, February 13, 2016]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2015 Regular Session:
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2015 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 071 through 096
071 Dec 4 HB0735 PN0869 60 days Private Warren Snyder Memorial Bridge—designation 072 Dec 4 SB0130 PN0077 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—sentence of community service 073 Dec 6 SB0685 PN1000 60 days Medical Practice Act of 1985—visiting team physician 074 Dec 6 SB0686 PN1001 60 days Osteopathic Medical Practice Act—visiting team physician 075 Dec 10 HB0477 PN2543 Immediately Activities and Experiences for Children in Out-of-Home Placements Act—enactment 076 Dec 10 HB0698 PN2458 60 days Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)—unlawful devices and methods and permits for individuals with disabilities 077 Dec 17 HB0909 PN1126 Immediately Real Estate Tax Law—additional costs for rehabilitation and maintenance 078 Dec 17 HB1161 PN1512 60 days Board of Vehicles Act—license to engage in business 079 Dec 17 SB0398 PN0312 60 days Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.)—use of driver's license or identification card to indicate organ or tissue donation 080 Dec 17 SB0524 PN1443 60 days Prisons and Parole Code (61 Pa.C.S.)—establishing the Nonnarcotic Medication Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Pilot Program and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Corrections 081 Dec 17 SB0756 PN1009 Immediately Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations (64 Pa.C.S.)—First Industries Program expiration provision 082 Dec 17 SB1045 PN1370 60 days Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—character of discharge 083 Dec 17 SB1046 PN1357 60 days Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—retired Pennsylvania National Guard personnel 084 Dec 20 HB0857 PN2631 Immediately* Insurance Company Law of 1921—emergency service system billing, coverage obligations of loaner vehicles and expiration 085 Dec 20 HB0907 PN2335 180 days Real Estate Tax Sale Law—further providing for definitions 086 Dec 20 HB1195 PN2622 180 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—duration of perfection 087 Dec 20 HB1279 PN2613 60 days Designations—omnibus designations 088 Dec 20 HB1411 PN2397 Immediately Eminent Domain Code (26 Pa.C.S.)—moving and related expenses of displaced persons, for replacement housing for homeowners and for replacement housing for tenants and others 089 Dec 20 HB1579 PN2273 60 days Lt. Col. Michael McLaughlin/AMVETS Post 113 Memorial Bridge—designation 090 Dec 20 SB0442 PN1449 30 days Taxpayer-Funded Advertising Transparency Act—enactment 091 Dec 28 HB0777 PN0877 Immediately State Lottery Law—determination of eligibility relating to PACE or PACENET program 092 Dec 28 HB1322 PN2628 Immediately* Public Welfare Code—omnibus amendments 093 Dec 28 HB1332 PN1814 Immediately Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and State Employees' Retirement Code (71 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 094 Dec 28 HB1603 PN2651 Immediately* Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 095 Dec 28 HB1735 PN2629 Immediately* Tobacco Product Manufacturer Directory Act—further providing for definitions 096 Dec 28 HB1736 PN2630 Immediately* Tobacco Settlement Agreement Act—further providing for definitions 2015 Appropriation Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 10A
10A Dec 29 HB1460 PN2626 Immediately* General Appropriation Act of 2015—omnibus amendments—line item veto 2015 Joint Resolutions of Regular Session Passed—JR 002
002 Dec 3 SB0283 PN0161 Constitution of Pennsylvania—eliminating the Traffic Court of Philadelphia 2015 Vetoes of Regular Session of Bills—Veto 009
009 Dec 4 SB0490 PN0853 Immediately Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S)—organization of Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency * denotes an effective date with exceptions
Effective Dates of Statutes The effective dates specified above for laws and appropriation acts were contained in the applicable law or appropriation act. Where no date is specified or where the effective date specified is prior to the date of enactment, the effective date is 60 days after final enactment except for statutes making appropriations or affecting budgets of political subdivisions. See 1 Pa.C.S. §§ 1701—1704 (relating to effective dates of statutes).
Advance Copies of Statutes Section 1106 of Title 1 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes provides that the prothonotaries of each county shall file advance copies of statutes in their offices for public inspection until the Laws of Pennsylvania are generally available. Section 2406(h) of The Administrative Code of 1929 provides that the Department of General Services shall distribute advance sheets of the Laws of Pennsylvania to each law judge of the courts, to every county and public library of this Commonwealth and to each member of the General Assembly. These copies shall be furnished without charge. The Department shall also mail one copy of each law enacted during any legislative session to any person who pays to it the sum of $20.
VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-218. Filed for public inspection February 12, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
