legislative update for 6/27 and 6/28

This is a list of bills passed in the PA house and senate on Monday and Tuesday, June 27th and 28th. Sorry last week's updates are coming so late and in pieces but the legislature was very busy, flinging bills through left and right.

The usual caveats apply -- only bills and not resolutions are included, sponsors deleted if the list went over two lines.

I hope to have the rest of last week and perhaps this Monday done over the weekend.

HOUSE

HB Prior Printer's No. 831. Printer's No. 2111. An Act amending the act of February 1, 1974 (P.L.34, No.15), known as the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, further providing for service allowance, change of employment, military service and contract provisions relating to municipal employees, municipal firemen and municipal police.

HB 1446 Prior Printer's Nos. 1744, 2107. Printer's No. 2337. An Act providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Aging and area agencies on aging and for annual review of care plans; requiring criminal background checks and communicable disease screenings of certain providers; prohibiting certain provider financial interests; providing for consumer telephone access; and providing for procedures for noncompliance.

HB 1578 Prior Printer's No. 1979. Printer's No. 2206. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of neglect of care-dependent person; and providing for the offense of abuse of care- dependent person.

HB 1619 By Representatives BUXTON, HERSHEY, DALEY, MARSICO, McNAUGHTON and PAYNE. Prior Printer's Nos. 2054, 2138. Printer's No. 2338. An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey certain lands situate in the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, to Crossgates, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation; authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to convey tracts of land and buildings, consisting of a portion of the former Laurelton Center, located in Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania; and making a related repeal.

HB 121 By Representatives ROEBUCK, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, LEDERER, McCALL, PISTELLA, THOMAS and WASHINGTON. Printer's No. 126. An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for passing and overtaking streetcars.

HB 313 Prior Printer's No. 334. Printer's No. 2371. An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for deterrent fences for deer, bear and elk and the payment of claims for damages by certain elk; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture; providing for the establishment of the Elk Damage Fund; and making an appropriation.

HB 469 Prior Printer's Nos. 508, 2137. Printer's No. 2373. An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, defining "unincorporated association"; and further providing for qualifications of electors at primaries, for date of application for absentee ballot, for voting by absentee electors and for canvassing of official absentee ballots.

HB 546 Prior Printer's No. 594. Printer's No. 2367. An Act amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for creditable nonschool service, for contributions for purchase of credit for creditable nonschool service and for administrative duties of the Public School Employees' Retirement Board.

HB 564 Prior Printer's No. 637. Printer's No. 2336. An Act providing for college and university faculty and staff criminal history background investigations and self- disclosure requirements.

HB 603 By Representatives B. SMITH, STABACK and SURRA. Printer's No. 676. An Act amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further defining "enforcement officer" to include certain Pennsylvania Game Commission employees.

HB 1114 Prior Printer's No. 1321. Printer's No. 1946. An Act amending the act of December 19, 1996 (P.L.1478, No.190), entitled "An act relating to the recycling and reuse of waste tires; providing for the proper disposal of waste tires and the cleanup of stockpiled tires; authorizing investment tax credits for utilizing waste tires; providing remediation grants for the cleanup of tire piles and for pollution prevention programs for small business and households; establishing the Small Business and Household Pollution Prevention Program and management standards for small business hazardous waste; providing for a household hazardous waste program and for grant programs; making appropriations; and making repeals," further providing for the definition of "waste tire"; defining "recycled tire product" and "waste tire recycling facility"; and further providing for the disposal of whole waste tires, for Environmental Quality Board regulations, for waste tire registry and for remediation liens.

HB 1198 Prior Printer's No. 1404. Printer's No. 2368. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of possessing instruments of crime and for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms; and providing for serious drug trafficking and violent repeat offenders not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms.

HB 1318 Prior Printer's Nos. 1566, 1967. Printer's No. 2366. An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, providing for requirements relating to voter identification; further providing for affidavits of candidates and for qualifications of electors at primaries; providing for restrictions on voting by convicted felons; further providing for voting procedures, for manner of applying to vote, for canvassing of official absentee ballots and for violation of provisions relating to absentee voting.

HB 1435 Prior Printer's No. 1729. Printer's No. 2109. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of computer-assisted remote harvesting of animals.

HB 1468 By Representatives RAMALEY, VEON, BIANCUCCI and LaGROTTA. Printer's No. 1786. An Act authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, to accept by donation a tract of land and any improvements thereon situate in the Borough of Ambridge, Beaver County.

HB 1504 Prior Printer's No. 1838. Printer's No. 2369. An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for reduced license fees for former prisoners of war.

HB 1508 Printer's No. 1842. An Act amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, further providing for the powers of the Department of Labor and Industry relating to State-owned buildings; and establishing the Uniform Construction Fund.

HB Prior Printer's No. 1980. Printer's No. 2370. An Act providing for certain responsibilities of county and private agencies regarding resource families.

HB 1602 By Representative DeWEESE. Prior Printer's No. 2005. Printer's No. 2306. An Act authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Basalt Trap Rock Company, a Maryland for-profit corporation, or their assigns, certain lands, situate in Morgan and Franklin Townships, Greene County, Pennsylvania.

HB 1704 Printer's No. 2166. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for drug delivery resulting in death.

HB 1731 By Representative J. TAYLOR. Prior Printer's Nos. 2198, 2284. Printer's No. 2372. An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for motor vehicle liability insurance for motorcycle marshals; further providing for impoundment of certain vehicles and combinations for nonpayment of fines, for immobilization, towing and storage of vehicle for driving without operating privilege or registration and for disposition of impounded vehicles, combinations and loads; and providing for shared-ride program for persons with disabilities.



SB 584 Prior Printer's Nos. 608, 807. Printer's No. 1029. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of disarming a law enforcement officer; and providing a penalty.

SB 462 Prior Printer's Nos. 495, 707, 981, 1014, 1028. Printer's No. 1056. An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, further providing for sales by Pennsylvania liquor stores, for authority to issue liquor licenses to hotels, restaurants and clubs, for sales by liquor licensees regarding Sunday sales, for sale of malt or brewed beverages by liquor licensees, for malt and brewed beverages retail licenses, for retail dispensers' restrictions on purchases and sales, for revocation and suspension of licenses, for renewal of amusement permits, for the point system for certain licensees and for the assessment of points for noncompliance; providing for renewal of permit for sales for off-premises consumption in cities of the first class; further providing for unlawful acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees; and providing for hours of operation relative to manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors and for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.

SENATE

HB 1338 By Representative HICKERNELL. Prior Printer's No. 1596. Printer's No. 2275. An Act authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, to grant and convey to the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, certain lands situate in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County.

SB 197 Prior Printer's Nos. 186, 679. Printer's No. 972. An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, further providing for permit and license application requirements and for enforcement orders; and providing for repeat violations.

SB 511 Prior Printer's Nos. 629, 930, 999, 1027. Printer's No. 1053. An Act amending the act of June 29, 1996 (P.L.434, No.67), known as the Job Enhancement Act, further providing, in Family Savings Account Program, for definitions and for administration; and further providing, in technology work experience, for definitions, for approved courses, for emerging technology companies, for responsibility of approved educational institutions and for eligible interns.

SB 644 By Senator GORDNER. Prior Printer's No. 742. Printer's No. 978. An Act authorizing the Department of Transportation to convey to Montour County two tracts of land situate in the Borough of Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.

SB 724 By Senators STOUT, MADIGAN, BOSCOLA, TARTAGLIONE, PILEGGI, COSTA, MUSTO, WONDERLING and STACK. Printer's No. 868. An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, implementing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999.

SB 777 By Senator ORIE. Printer's No. 956. An Act designating the portion of State Route 28 in Etna Borough and Shaler Township, Allegheny County, as the 28th Signal Battalion Memorial Highway.

SB 778 By Senators TOMLINSON and GREENLEAF. Printer's No. 957. An Act designating State Route 132 in Bucks County as the Armed Forces and Veterans Memorial Highway.

SB 210 By Senators GREENLEAF, WONDERLING, WOZNIAK, LEMMOND, KITCHEN, LOGAN, ERICKSON, WAUGH and RAFFERTY. Prior Printer's Nos. 202, 873. Printer's No. 1002. An Act amending the act of December 19, 1990 (P.L.1200, No.202), known as the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, further providing for audit of certain financial reports.