Recent Actions during the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly [46 Pa.B. 3788]
[Saturday, July 16, 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 035 through 060
035 Jun 1 HB1552 PN3373 Immediately* Public School Code of 1949—powers and duties of Secretary of Education, student-weighted basic education funding, supplemental payment of basic education and making an appropriation 036 Jun 8 HB0150 PN2573 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—Share the Road plate 037 Jun 8 HB0608 PN3372 60 days Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act—schedules of controlled substances, liquefied ammonia gas, precursors and chemicals and promulgation of regulations 038 Jun 8 HB1484 PN3338 Immediately Soldiers' Grove—duties of Department of General Services, preservation of Soldiers' Grove and construction 039 Jun 8 HB1690 PN2653 60 days Liquor Code—omnibus amendments 040 Jun 12 HB1436 PN2690 60 days Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.)—computation of income tax expense for ratemaking purposes 041 Jun 13 SB0590 PN0566 60 days State System of Higher Education Intellectual Property Act—title amended 042 Jun 13 SB0847 PN1639 60 days Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—State Veterans' Commission 043 Jun 13 SB1152 PN1591 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—restraint systems 044 Jun 17 SB0061 PN1846 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—drivers of emergency vehicles 045 Jun 17 SB0489 PN1847 60 days Check Casher Licensing Act—authority of department, conditions for licensing and for fees and charges, recovery of losses due to theft and fraudulent misrepresentation 046 Jun 17 SB1153 PN1807 60 days Multiple designations in multiple counties 047 Jun 23 HB0057 PN0049 60 days Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.)—sliding scale of rates and adjustments and duties of natural gas distribution companies 048 Jun 23 HB0264 PN3367 90 days Care Facility Carbon Monoxide Alarms Standards Act—enactment 049 Jun 23 HB1199 PN1574 60 days Authorizing the Department of Highways to erect a bridge over Monongahela River—repealed 050 Jun 23 HB1241 PN3451 Immediately Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.)—definition of public utility 051 Jun 23 SB0179 PN0230 60 days Lodging and Housing (48 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 052 Jun 23 SB0279 PN1903 Immediately Pennsylvania Grade Crude Development Act—enactment 053 Jun 23 SB0772 PN1879 60 days Professional Psychologists Practice Act—necessity and qualifications for license, refusal, suspension or revocation of license and reporting of multiple licensure 054 Jun 23 SB0837 PN1671 120 days Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act—penalties 055 Jun 23 SB0983 PN1852 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—person with disability plate and placard 056 Jun 23 SB1077 PN1765 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S)—exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications 057 Jun 23 SB1195 PN1929 Immediately Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Regulation Implementation Act—submission of State plan 058 Jun 23 SB1232 PN1760 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in Rush Township, Centre County 059 Jun 30 HB1766 PN3382 Immediately Insurance (40 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 060 Jun 30 HB1877 PN3321 Immediately Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 2016 Joint Resolutions of Regular Session Passed—JR 002
002 Jun 15 HB0147 PN0139 Constitution of Pennsylvania—exemptions and special provisions * 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. 16-1196. Filed for public inspection July 15, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
