weekly legislative update

As mentioned in a previous posting, the governor called a special legislative session to look into property tax reform. Information from that session is included here as well. Standard caveats apply (resolutions not generally included, list of sponsors deleted if it was too long - three lines in the originally formatting).

Our accountants friends at PICPA have updated their legislative page, and have a lot to say about property tax reform.

Other weekly updates are available for this week:

PA House Democrats
PA House GOP
PA Senate Democrats
PA Senate Republicans

Special Session

Monday no action
Tuesday no action
Wednesday no action
Thursday no action
Friday no action

Regular Session

Resolutions

Here are some of the resolutions that caught my eye.

SR 200 A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to perform a study of cost control measures for the Medicaid program.

Bills

House

HB 213 Prior Printer's Nos. 215, 1072, 1177. Printer's No. 3115. An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for agricultural crop destruction; and adding an offense and a civil action relating to ecoterrorism.

HB 893 Prior Printer's Nos. 1016, 2994, 3557, 3579. Printer's No. 3718. An Act requiring State and local approval for terminations or transfers by municipal authorities; authorizing and requiring cities, boroughs, townships, municipal authorities and public utility companies engaged in the supplying of water, to shut off the supply of water for nonpayment of sewer, sewerage, or sewage treatment rentals, rates, or charges imposed by municipal authorities organized by counties of the second class, by cities of the second class, by cities of the second class A, by cities of the third class, by boroughs or by townships of the first or second class; authorizing and requiring them to supply to such authorities lists of metered water readings and flat-rate water bills and other data; authorizing them to act as billing and collecting agents for such authorities; conferring certain powers upon the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in connection therewith; requiring certain procedures to be followed in residential buildings; and making a related repeal.

Senate

SB 874 By Senators MADIGAN and STOUT. Prior Printer's Nos. 1129, 1476. Printer's No. 1618. A Supplement to the act of December 8, 1982 (P.L.848, No.235), known as the Highway-Railroad and Highway Bridge Capital Budget Act for 1982-1983, itemizing additional local and State bridge projects.

SB 1160 By Senator WENGER. Printer's No. 1599. An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development.

SB 1163 By Senator WENGER. Printer's No. 1602. An Act making appropriations from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account and from restricted revenue accounts within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in support of the professional licensure boards assigned thereto.

SB 1164 By Senator WENGER. Printer's No. 1603. An Act making an appropriation from the Public School Employees' Retirement Fund to provide for expenses of the Public School Employees' Retirement Board for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.

SB 1165 By Senator WENGER. Printer's No. 1604. An Act making an appropriation from the State Employees' Retirement Fund to provide for expenses of the State Employees' Retirement Board for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.

SB 1166 By Senator WENGER. Printer's No. 1605. An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007.

HB 200 Prior Printer's Nos. 633, 3555. Printer's No. 3732. An Act establishing the Ounce of Prevention Program to provide grants to certain entities that provide home visitation and other services to low- income, at-risk expectant first-time mothers and their newborn children and families; and providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Public Welfare.

SB 845 By Senators CORMAN, GREENLEAF, LEMMOND and RAFFERTY. Prior Printer's No. 1092. Printer's No. 1355. An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for court-appointed child custody health care or behavioral health practitioners.