Recent Actions during the 2014 Regular Session of the General Assembly [44 Pa.B. 2367]
[Saturday, April 19, 2014]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during 2014 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2014 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 006 through 026
006 Feb 4 HB0261 PN0273 60 days Further providing for civil penalties 007 Feb 4 HB1056 PN1284 60 days Dental Law—temporary volunteer dental licenses 008 Feb 4 HB1584 PN2166 60 days Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) and Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)—powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies and powers and duties of enforcement officers 009 Feb 4 SB0057 PN1660 Immediately* Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)—exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications 010 Feb 4 SB0437 PN1241 60 days Public School Code of 1949—military science certificates 011 Feb 4 SB1081 PN1354 60 days First Class Township Code—filing and recording of ordinances 012 Feb 7 HB0777 PN0889 Immediately State Lottery Law—determination of eligibility relating to Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly 013 Feb 7 HB1341 PN2597 60 days SP4 Robert Preston Ruttle, Jr., Memorial Highway—designation 014 Feb 7 HB1707 PN2390 60 days Rodney P. Miller Memorial Bridge—desig- nation 015 Feb 25 HB1599 PN2928 60 days Honorable Robert C. Donatucci Memorial Bridge and SFC Brent Adams Memorial Road—designations 016 Feb 25 SB1024 PN1732 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 017 Feb 25 SB1097 PN1367 Immediately James Nance Memorial Highway—designation 018 Mar 14 HB0374 PN2942 Immediately* Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)— jurisdiction, education and educational costs of county park police officers 019 Mar 14 HB1985 PN2936 Immediately Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—legislative findings and declaration of policy, definitions, applicability, sexual offenses and tier system, period of registration and assessments 020 Mar 14 SB0084 PN0049 Immediately Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—six months limitation and deficiency judgments 021 Mar 19 HB0021 PN0114 60 days Mental Health Procedures Act—incompetence and procedure in relation to criminal justice determinations 022 Mar 19 SB0497 PN1703 60 days Third Class City Code—reenactment and amendment of act 023 Mar 19 HB0770 PN3180 Immediately* Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 024 Mar 19 HB0798 PN3105 60 days Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.)—organization of commission 025 Mar 21 SB0681 PN1812 July 1, 2015 Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—protection of victims of sexual violence or intimidation, duties of law enforcement agencies, procedure and penalties 026 Mar 21 SB0895 PN1796 60 days Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)— organization of Pennsylvania Game Commission * 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 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 (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.''
VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-811. Filed for public inspection April 18, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
