June 26, 2013
SB 579, PN 1193 (Rafferty)- Amends 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 repealing an act relating to limitation on complement of the Pennsylvania State Police....
June 25, 2013
SB 379, PN 1279 (Vance) – This bill creates the Benevolent Gesture Medical Professional Liability Act. A vote of 50-0 was recorded. HB 1112, PN 1426 (McGinnis) – This bill is an omnibus land conveyance bill, authorizing the Department of General Services (DGS), with...
June 24, 2013
SB 526 PN 1156 (Waugh): Amends Title 3 (Agriculture) to provide for definitions and requirements for bringing animals to exhibitions. The bill was approved 50-0. SB 379 PN 302 (Vance): Amends the Insurance Company Law of 1921, adding provisions relating to medical...
June 23, 2013
By a unanimous vote, the Senate approved Senate Bill 379, which would allow health care professionals to apologize for an error without fear of legal reprisal. Under the bill, any sympathetic gesture or apology made prior to a medical liability action by a...
June 20, 2013
HB 326, PN 1130 (Fabrizio) – Amends the County Code by changing the governance of 3rd class county convention center authorities. The bill was approved, 48 – 0. SB 419, PN 1158 (Gordner) – Amends Act 69 entitled “An act to validate conveyances and other instruments...
June 19, 2013
SB 57, PN 26 (Alloway)-Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications. A vote of 49-1 was recorded. SB 137, PN 1240 (Gordner)-Amends the...
June 18, 2013
SB 150, PN 1243 (Pileggi) – This bill amends Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to expand the list of eligible criminal offenses for which DNA testing is required; expand DNA testing to certain arrested individuals; codify...
June 17, 2013
HB 84 PN 62 (R. Miller): Amends the Agricultural Area Security Law to provide for inspections of preserved farmland and nullifying certain provisions in regulation. The bill was approved 50-0. SB 150 PN 342 (Pileggi): Amends Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the...
June 16, 2013
The Senate approved Senate Bill 150, by a vote of 38-9, to change how information is collected and used in Pennsylvania’s DNA database. The bill was approved by the Senate after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is constitutional for police to collect DNA...
June 12, 2013
SB 145, PN 1212 (Ward)- Amends the act of August 24, 1963 (P.L.1175, No.497), known as the Mechanics’ Lien Law of 1963, providing for the definition of “costs of construction”; and further providing for right to lien and amount, for priority of lien and for discharge...
