weekly legislative update

This is a list of bills that passed the Pennsylvania House or Senate this week. Standard caveats -- list of sponsors deleted if over three lines long in the original format.

You will be pleased to learn you can now use dogs to hunt wild turkeys.

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PA Senate Republicans
PA Senate Democrats


HOUSE

SB 791 By Senator ARMSTRONG. Printer's No. 883. 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, 2007, to June 30, 2008, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

SB 792 By Senator ARMSTRONG. Printer's No. 884. 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, 2007, to June 30, 2008, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

SB 793 By Senator ARMSTRONG. Printer's No. 885. 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 794 By Senator ARMSTRONG. Printer's No. 886. An Act making appropriations from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Community and Economic Development to provide for the expenses of administering the Workers' Compensation Act, The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and the Office of Small Business Advocate for the fiscal year July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

SB 796 By Senator ARMSTRONG. Printer's No. 888. An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General.

SB 797 By Senator ARMSTRONG. Printer's No. 889. 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 798 By Senator ARMSTRONG. Prior Printer's No. 890.Printer's No. 923. An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2007-2008.

SENATE

HB 85 By Representatives K. SMITH, STABACK, CARROLL, SHIMKUS, WANSACZ, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, YOUNGBLOOD, MUNDY, BENNINGTON, SIPTROTH and DENLINGER. Printer's No. 109. An Act authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the County of Lackawanna Transit System Authority (COLTS), certain lands situate in the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, in exchange for a certain tract of land from COLTS situate in the City of Scranton, Lackawanna County.

SB 73 By Senators GREENLEAF, COSTA, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN, M. WHITE, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, TOMLINSON, WASHINGTON, WOZNIAK, GORDNER, BROWNE, BAKER, FERLO, PILEGGI and FUMO. Printer's No. 92. An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and codifying Title 61 (Penal and Correctional Institutions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for temporary release from county correctional institutions, for parole without board supervision, for judicial power to release inmates and for transfers of inmates needing medical care; further providing for State intermediate punishment; providing for other criminal provisions; amending the heading of Title 61; adding definitions, provisions relating to general administration of correctional institutions, State correctional institutions, county correctional institutions, the Philadelphia County Prison, house of detention for untried inmates and witnesses, inmate labor, medical services, visitation, motivational boot camp, execution procedure and method, miscellaneous matters relating thereto, probation and parole generally, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, County Probation and Parole Officers' Firearm Education and Training, and correctional institution interstate compacts; and making repeals relating to codification.

SB 318 By Senators RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, GORDNER, BRUBAKER, COSTA, GREENLEAF, STACK, MELLOW, BAKER, LOGAN, RHOADES and WASHINGTON. Prior Printer's No. 353.Printer's No. 760. An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, further providing for the Pennsylvania State Police; and making a repeal.

SB 331 By Senators WAUGH, WONDERLING, TARTAGLIONE, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, ROBBINS, STOUT, CORMAN, STACK, PICCOLA, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, ARMSTRONG, COSTA, REGOLA, BRUBAKER, LOGAN, BROWNE and WASHINGTON. Printer's No. 366. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of robbery.

SB 450 By Senators RAFFERTY, STACK, BOSCOLA, MUSTO, TARTAGLIONE, PUNT, ORIE, MADIGAN, FOLMER, WAUGH, McILHINNEY, O'PAKE, FONTANA, PILEGGI, PIPPY, BROWNE, STOUT, RHOADES, BRUBAKER, LOGAN and WONDERLING. Printer's No. 497. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for criminal homicide; and providing for criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer and for violence against a law enforcement officer.

SB 580 By Senators MADIGAN, KASUNIC, ERICKSON, BAKER, RAFFERTY, M. WHITE, PIPPY, FOLMER and D. WHITE. Printer's No. 625. An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, permitting use of dogs in hunting for wild turkeys.

SB 635 By Senators GORDNER, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, WONDERLING and EARLL. Prior Printer's No. 597.Printer's No. 927. An Act amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, further providing for officers to be elected, for election of assessors, for filling vacancies in elective borough offices, for powers of assessors and for duplicate assessments; and making related repeals.

SB 636 By Senators GORDNER, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, WONDERLING and EARLL. Prior Printer's No. 598.Printer's No. 928. An Act amending the act of May 21, 1943 (P.L.571, No.254), known as The Fourth to Eighth Class County Assessment Law, eliminating office of assessor in boroughs and townships of the first class; making conforming amendments; and making repeals.

SB 650 By Senators LOGAN, RAFFERTY and WASHINGTON. Printer's No. 680. An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, further providing for special occasion permits.

SB 709 By Senators FOLMER, GORDNER, FERLO, RAFFERTY and EARLL. Prior Printer's Nos. 780, 860.Printer's No. 929. An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, further providing for elected officers enumerated, for vacancies in general, for the corporate power of first class townships being vested in the board of township commissioners, for elected officers in townships of the first class and for additions and revisions to duplicates; and making related repeals.

SB 623 By Senators GREENLEAF, BOSCOLA, RAFFERTY, STACK, BROWNE, O'PAKE, PUNT, TOMLINSON, WAUGH, FOLMER, RHOADES, ERICKSON, LOGAN, WOZNIAK and WONDERLING. Printer's No. 677. An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, defining "corrections officer"; and further providing for use of force in law enforcement