Recent Actions during the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly [46 Pa.B. 1310]
[Saturday, March 12, 2016]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2016 Regular Session:
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2016 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 001 through 008
001 Feb 3 SB0880 PN1411 Immediately Public School Code of 1949—Keystone Exams 002 Feb 5 HB1201 PN1576 60 days Authorizing the Department of Highways to take over the highways—repealed 003 Feb 5 SB0494 PN0442 Immediately Flood Insurance Education and Information Act—flood insurance education and information 004 Feb 16 HB0158 PN2721 Immediately* Public School Code of 1949—criminal history of employees and prospective employees; conviction of certain offenses and secretary declaration of emergencies 005 Feb 16 SB0166 PN1517 270 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—general regulations, order for limited access and petition for expungement or order for limited access fee 006 Feb 23 HB0561 PN0634 Immediately Local Tax Enabling Act—definitions 007 Feb 23 HB0941 PN2662 Immediately Administrative Code of 1929—omnibus amendments 008 Feb 23 SB0479 PN0437 Immediately Edward W. Helfrick Resource Management Center—designation 2016 Joint Resolutions of Regular Session Passed—JR 001
001 Jan 27 HB0153 PN1318 Constitution of Pennsylvania—reducing the size of the General Assembly * 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 $25.
Requests for annual subscriptions for advance copies of statutes should be sent to the State Bookstore, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $25, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-404. Filed for public inspection March 11, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
