Recent Actions during the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly [46 Pa.B. 3063]
[Saturday, June 18, 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 026 through 034
026 May 17 HB0400 PN1957 Immediately* Work Experience for High School Students with Disabilities Act—enactment 027 May 18 SB0811 PN0870 Immediately* Capital Budget Act of 2015-2016—enactment 028 May 24 HB0944 PN2846 60 days Community and Economic Improvement Act—omnibus 029 May 24 HB1200 PN2567 60 days Cities authorized to build viaducts or bridges—repeal of certain provisions 030 May 24 HB1310 PN3320 60 days Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)—prohibited release of information 031 May 24 HB1574 PN3016 60 days Antihazing Law—enforcement 032 May 24 HB1788 PN2734 60 days Community and Economic Improvement Act—special financing assessments 033 May 25 SB0290 PN1751 Immediately* Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 034 May 25 SB1108 PN1752 Immediately* Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 2016 Vetoes of Regular Session of Bills—Veto 002 002 May 18 HB0805 PN1843 Immediately* Public School Code of 1949—omnibus amendments * 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. 16-1012. Filed for public inspection June 17, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
