weekly legislative update

This is a list of bills that passed the Pennsylvania House or Senate this week, and mention of any noteworthy resolutions. Standard caveats apply (resolutions not generally included, list of sponsors deleted if it was too long - three lines in the originally formatting).

Our accountant friends at PICPA have provided their usual informative weekly update.

Other updates this week:

PA GOP Senate
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Bills

HOUSE

HB 1705 Prior Printer's No. 2255.Printer's No. 3108. An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact; providing for the form of the compact; imposing additional powers and duties on the Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Environmental Quality Board and the Compact; and imposing penalties.

SENATE

SB 313 By Senators RAFFERTY, STACK, ERICKSON, TARTAGLIONE, ORIE, LOGAN and BROWNE. Prior Printer's Nos. 348, 1692.Printer's No. 1720. An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further providing for definitions; and providing for registration, qualifications and supervision of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees.

SB 1023 By Senators RHOADES, BOSCOLA, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, STOUT, COSTA, FERLO, WONDERLING, KITCHEN and BROWNE. Printer's No. 1350. An Act amending the act of February 14, 1986 (P.L.2, No.2), known as the Acupuncture Registration Act, redesignating registration as licensure.

SB 497 By Senators ROBBINS, WONDERLING, SCARNATI, WOZNIAK, MADIGAN, MUSTO, WAUGH, RHOADES, BOSCOLA, PUNT, M. WHITE, REGOLA, CORMAN, EARLL, ERICKSON, FOLMER, ORIE and D. WHITE. Prior Printer's No. 767.Printer's No. 1610. An Act amending the act of February 2, 1965 (P.L.1860, No.586), entitled "An act encouraging landowners to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting liability in connection therewith, and repealing certain acts," further providing for definitions.