legislative update

So far in August a few bills have been shuffled off to committee. The daily legislative updates have included a few bills that were passed earlier in the year. They all look significant to me and merit further study but time does not allow at the moment. Both the Pennsylvania State House and the State Senate passed the following bills this spring:

HB700Prior Printer's Nos. 917, 4350, 4417. Printer's No. 4350. An Act providing for lobbying registration, regulation and disclosure; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of State, the Office of Attorney General and the State Ethics Commission; imposing penalties; establishing the Lobbying Accountability Fund; and making a related repeal.

SB881 Prior Printer's Nos. 1180, 1368, 1402, 1414. Printer's No. 1738. An Act amending Title 26 (Eminent Domain) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for limitations on the use of eminent domain; and making a related repeal.

SB1090 Prior Printer's Nos. 1492, 1885, 1887, 1913, 1957. Printer's No. 1973. An act amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, giving effect to Federal changes in wage rates; providing for preemption; and making editorial changes.