Post Session Report 2022
Post Session Report :: Tuesday, June 14, 2022
SB 1100, PN 1436 (Browne) – The bill known as a General Appropriations Act (GAA), provides for the expenses of Commonwealth Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments, public debt, and public schools during the 2022-23 fiscal year. These expenses are covered with...
Post Session Report :: Monday, June 13, 2022
SB 522, PN 1275 (Baker) – The legislation would establish the Childhood Blood Lead Test Act, providing for lead testing of children and pregnant women; as well as imposing duties on Department of Health and requiring coverage for blood lead test by insurers. Amendment...
Post Session Report :: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
SB 1106, PN 1720 (Browne) – Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs funding for FY 2022-2023. A vote of 49-0 was recorded. SB 1107, PN 1721 (Browne) - Workmen’s Compensation Act funding for FY 2022-2023. A vote of 49-0 was recorded. SB 1108, PN 1722 (Browne) -...
Post Session Report :: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
SB 597, PN 1714 (Stefano) – The bill amends Title 27 which provides for water quality accountability standards in the commonwealth. A vote of 27-23 was recorded. SB 1058, PN 1393 (Pittman) – The legislation amends Section 902(a) to increase the compensation cap for...
Post Session Report :: Monday, June 6, 2022
SB 573, PN 612 (Mastriano) – An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in district election officers, further providing for appointment of watchers; and, in penalties, further providing for refusal to permit...
Post Session Report :: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
HB 889, PN 880 (B. Miller) - Amends the Nursing Law to permit graduates of foreign nursing schools to take the nursing licensure exam in Pennsylvania. A vote of 47-0 was recorded. SR 230, PN 1434 (Browne) - This resolution provides for a temporary rule of the Senate,...
Post Session Report :: Tuesday, May 24, 2022
SB 622, PN 799 (Pittman) – The legislation amends Title 71 (State Government) relating to the retirement of State employees and officers to include commissioned police officers employed by the DOC, Bureau of Investigations and Intelligence in the state employee...
Post Session Report :: Monday, May 23, 2022
SB 848, PN 1277 (Mensch) – The bill establishes the position of Chief Nursing Officer of the Commonwealth (CNO) and outlines the duties and qualifications for the position. The CNO shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and serves...
Post Session Report :: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
SB 982, PN 1264 (Baker) - An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in preliminary provisions, providing for public funding of elections. Senator Street offered amendment A04013 which appropriates no less than...
Post Session Report :: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
SB 118, PN 89 (K. Ward) – The legislation amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedures) by adding certain sex trafficking offenses to the list of offenses requiring registration under Megan’s Law. A vote of 47-2 was recorded. SB 962, PN 1350 (Langerholc) – The...
Post Session Report :: Monday, April 11, 2022
HB 221, PN 188 (Rader) – The bill would allow a local government unit that imposes a dedicated real estate tax or earned income tax for preserving and maintaining land for open space under Act 442 of 1967 to use a portion of the tax revenue for maintenance of open...
Post Session Report :: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
SB 797, PN 1552 (Robinson) - An Act amending the act of December 20, 2000 (P.L.949, No.130), known as the Neighborhood Improvement District Act, further providing for definitions, for creation of neighborhood improvement district and for powers of neighborhood...
Post Session Report :: Tuesday, April 5, 2022
HB 245, PN 2929 (Kaufer) – The bill amends the Medical Practice Act of 1985 to provide for changes in licensure requirements for international medical school student graduates. A vote of 49-0 was recorded. SB 704, PN 804 (Baker) – The legislation amends Title 18...
Post Session Report :: Monday, April 4, 2022
HB 245, PN 2141 (Kaufer) – The bill amends the Medical Practice Act of 1985 to provide for changes in licensure requirements for international medical school student graduates. Amendment A03774 (K. Ward) – The amendment makes a technical correction, and clarifies the...
Post Session Report :: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
SB 1028, PN 1374 (Stefano) - Would make PA the 27th state to establish the Purple Star School Program which is a state sponsored recognition designed to acknowledge a public, nonpublic or charter school that has committed to supporting the unique educational and...
Post Session Report :: Wednesday, February 9, 2022
SB 1020, PN 1322 (Gebhard) - An Act authorizing the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to Kyle A. and Tamara J. Boltz certain lands situate in Union Township, Lebanon County, in exchange for Kyle A....
Post Session Report :: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
HB 866, PN 854 (Ortitay) – An Act designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 19231, on that portion of State Route 1014 over the abandoned Conrail Railroad, Green Township, Indiana County, as the Carl E. Keith Memorial Bridge. A vote of 49-0 was recorded. SB 891,...
Post Session Report :: Monday, February 7, 2022
SB 327, PN 902 (J. Ward) – The legislation amends Section 1218-B (a) Duties. to clarify that a health care facility, personal care home, or physician with knowledge of a death covered under the subsection shall report the death to county coroner. A death covered under...
Post Session Report :: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
HB 764, PN 2646 (B. Miller) - Amends the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) to permit an employer to provisionally hire employees before all required clearances have been obtained if specific conditions are met. A vote of 49-0 was recorded. SB 806, PN 1353 (Yaw) -...
Post Session Report :: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
SR 220 PN 1349 (K. Ward) – The resolution allows Senators to participate remotely until Feb. 28, 2022, if the Senator has submitted to the President Pro Tempore a written request, signed by a licensed physician, attesting to the fact that the Senator or an immediate...