Recent Actions during the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly [42 Pa.B. 1985]
[Saturday, April 14, 2012]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2012 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2012 GENERAL ACTS of Regular Session ENACTED—ACT 017 through 020
017 Mar 14 HB0816 PN1853 60 days Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act—qualifications for license 018 Mar 14 HB0934 PN3166 Immediately Pennsylvania Election Code—omnibus amendments 019 Mar 14 HB1355 PN1584 60 days Jarrid L. King Memorial Bridge—designation 020 Mar 14 HB1886 PN2461 60 days General Carl E. Vuono Bridge—designation * denotes an effective date with exceptions
Effective Dates of Statutes The effective dates specified previously 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 date 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 (Department) 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.''
ROBERT ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-632. Filed for public inspection April 13, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]
