weekly legislative update

This is a list of bills that have passed the Pennsylvania House and/or Senate this week, along with selected resolutions (i.e. the ones that looked interesting to me). A list of bills introduced or acted upon is distributed daily to anyone who signs up on the state legislative site. This information is taken from those emails.

In general, if the list of sponsors is longer than 3 lines in its original form the list of sponsors is not included (sometimes it seems like hundreds of people sponsored a bill).

The House did not pass any bills this week, though a large number in both the House and Senate, were shuffled off to committee or considered for the first time.

Of particular interest this week is HR 108, the new House rules.

Our accountant friends at PICPA have also updated their weekly update.

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GOP Senate
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HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

HR 108 By Representatives SHAPIRO, STEIL, ARGALL, BENNINGHOFF, COHEN, COX, DALLY, FREEMAN, GRELL, MAHONEY, MANDERINO, MUNDY, NAILOR, ROAE, ROHRER, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SCHRODER, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, VEREB, VITALI, WALKO, WILLIAMS, MAHER and MUSTIO. Prior Printer's No. 716.Printer's No. 814. A Resolution adopting as permanent rules for the House of Representatives the Temporary Rules of the House of Representatives (2007-2008), providing for equal opportunity officer and advisory committee; further providing for order and decorum, for smoking, for members' and employees' expenses; providing for employee payroll information and for electronic availability of reports; further providing for time of meeting, for introduction and printing of bills, for fiscal notes, for consideration of bills, for first consideration bills, for third consideration and final passage bills, for amendments, for bills amended by the Senate, for sine die and final introduction of bills, for standing committees and subcommittees and for Committee on Rules; providing for status of members indicted or convicted of a crime; further providing for committee action, for public hearings, for adjourn, for lay on the table, for motion to take from table, for financial interests in gaming entities, for electronic roll call, for suspending and changing rules and for parliamentary authority; and making editorial changes.

HR 111 By Representatives HARPER, ROEBUCK and GERGELY. Printer's No. 733. A Resolution providing for the composition of the Legislative Committee for Research Liaison.

HR88 Printer's No. 810. A Resolution designating the week of April 9 through 16, 2007, as "Voter Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.


SENATE BILLS

SB 71 By Senators GREENLEAF, ORIE, KITCHEN, COSTA, BOSCOLA, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, PUNT, TARTAGLIONE, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, WASHINGTON, BROWNE, STACK and C. WILLIAMS. Printer's No. 18. An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, further providing for Office for Safe Schools; and requiring the establishment of policies relating to bullying.

SB 157 By Senators RHOADES, MUSTO, C. WILLIAMS, LAVALLE, RAFFERTY, GORDNER, STACK, KASUNIC, COSTA, WASHINGTON, STOUT, WOZNIAK, M. WHITE, GREENLEAF and EARLL. Prior Printer's No. 21.Printer's No. 53. An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, further providing for powers and duties of the intermediate unit board of directors; and providing for academic improvement programs.

SB 158 By Senators RHOADES, MUSTO, LAVALLE, C. WILLIAMS, BOSCOLA, RAFFERTY, WASHINGTON, STACK, WOZNIAK, KASUNIC, COSTA, ERICKSON, KITCHEN, STOUT, GREENLEAF, REGOLA and FERLO. Printer's No. 22. An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, establishing parent involvement programs and policies in school districts.

SB 154 By Senators RHOADES, RAFFERTY, GORDNER, BOSCOLA, STACK, STOUT, ERICKSON, WAUGH, GREENLEAF, KASUNIC, COSTA, WASHINGTON, WOZNIAK and PILEGGI. Prior Printer's No. 19.Printer's No. 52. An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, further providing for continuing professional development and for program of continuing professional education.

SB 155 By Senators RHOADES, RAFFERTY, GORDNER, BOSCOLA, STACK, STOUT, KASUNIC, COSTA, ERICKSON, WASHINGTON, WOZNIAK, WAUGH, GREENLEAF and PILEGGI. Printer's No. 20. An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, authorizing intermediate units to establish a pool of educational advisors for certain school districts.

SB 219 By Senators VANCE, RHOADES, FOLMER, BOSCOLA, COSTA, EARLL, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, ORIE, PUNT, RAFFERTY, M. WHITE, C. WILLIAMS, WONDERLING and WAUGH. Prior Printer's Nos. 24, 54.Printer's No. 388. An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, further providing for background checks of prospective employees and for disqualifications relating to teacher's certificate.