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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 14-1484

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions during the 2014 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[44 Pa.B. 4474]
[Saturday, July 19, 2014]

 The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2014 Regular Session

Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter
No. Action Number Number Date
2014 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 051 through 084
051 Jun 10HB1738PN2878ImmediatelyPublic School Code of 1949—basic education funding commission
052Jun 10 SB1045 PN1510 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972—omnibus amendments
053Jun 10SB1066 PN1344Immediately Bruce E. Bartley, Sr., Bridge—designation
054Jun 10SB1159PN1536 60 daysClement J. Rolling Memorial Bridge—designation
055Jun 10 SB1254 PN1773 60 daysPlumbing System Lead Ban and Notification Act—further providing for the definition of lead free
056 Jun 18 HB0112 PN3646 60 daysCrimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—drug delivery resulting in death, offense of sexual assault by sports official, volunteer or employee of nonprofit association and sentences for offenses against infant persons
057Jun 18HB0119 PN011960 days Emergency medical services memorial flag
058 Jun 18 HB0128 PN0126Immediately Second Class A City Employe Pension Law—credit for military service
059Jun 18 HB1460PN3647 60 days Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—educational leave of absence and heroic service website
060Jun 18HB1602 PN2871ImmediatelyProject 70 lands—release of restrictions in Borough of Downingtown, Chester County
061 Jun 18 HB1873PN2741 Immediately Project 70 lands—release of restrictions in Benner Township, Centre County
062 Jun 18 HB2009 PN2986 60 daysCredit Union Code (17 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
063Jun 18 HB2081 PN3195Immediately Workers' Compensation Act—further providing for the definition of employe
064 Jun 18 SB0703 PN0708ImmediatelyCredit for military service for police and firemen's pension funds in cities of the second class A
065 Jun 18SB0707PN0712 ImmediatelyHealth and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)—funds of volunteer firefighters' relief associations
066Jun 18 SB0923 PN151560 daysMilitary and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—military family relief assistance
067 Jun 18SB1205 PN1944 ImmediatelyEducation (24 Pa.C.S.)—certification of institutions, change of designation to university and change of designation to college
068Jun 18 SB1225 PN169560 daysOfficer Frank Miller, Jr., Memorial Ramp—designation
069 Jun 26HB0198PN3630 Immediately Public School Code of 1949—Dyslexia Screening and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program
070Jun 26 HB1424PN3712 60 daysPublic School Code of 1949—Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction
071Jun 26HB1559 PN370960 daysPublic School Code of 1949—youth suicide awareness and prevention and child exploitation awareness education
072Jun 26HB1646 PN2269ImmediatelySPC Tristan C. Smith Memorial Highway—designation
073Jun 26 HB1989 PN3629 ImmediatelyOfficial State aircraft and official firearm of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—designations
074 Jun 26 HB2013 PN2997 60 days Public School Code of 1949—filling of vacancies for school directors
075 Jun 26HB2026 PN3011 60 daysCrimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)—grading of offense relating to police animals
076Jun 26HB2068 PN309360 days SFC Scott R. Smith Memorial Bridge—designation
077Jun 26HB2093 PN3147ImmediatelyOfficers Luke Arlington Conner and John Horace Callaghan Memorial Highway—designation
078 Jun 26 SB0403PN2007 July 1, 2014 Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—retention incentives for medical officers or health officers of the Pennsylvania National Guard and conferring powers and duties on the Adjutant General and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
079Jun 26 SB1077PN212260 days Scrap Material Theft Prevention Act—commercial accounts, restricted materials, Statewide registry of scrap processors and recycling facilities, duty to register, criminal registry and penalties
080 Jun 26SB1090 PN2108 60 daysGame and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)—resident license and fee exemptions
081Jun 26 SB1102PN2109 60 daysFish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.)—disabled veterans and former prisoners of war fishing license
082 Jun 26 SB1115 PN2114 60 days Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—amount of grants relating to educational assistance program
083Jun 29SB0177 PN2099ImmediatelyLyme and Related Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance, Education, Prevention and Treatment Act—enactment
084Jun 30 HB2275 PN3723ImmediatelyHealth and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)—extension of termination dates relating to emergency telephone service

 * denotes an effective date with exceptions

Effective Dates of Statutes

 The effective dates specified previously for laws and appropriation acts were contained in the applicable law or appropriation act. Where no date is specified or where the effective date specified is prior to the date of enactment, the effective date is 60 days after final enactment except for statutes making appropriations or affecting budgets of political subdivisions. See 1 Pa.C.S. §§ 1701—1704 (relating to effective dates of statutes).

Advance Copies of Statutes

 Section 1106 of Title 1 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes provides that the prothonotaries of each county shall file advance copies of statutes in their offices for public inspection until the Laws of Pennsylvania are generally available. Section 2406(h) of The Administrative Code of 1929 provides that the Department of General Services shall distribute advance sheets of the Laws of Pennsylvania to each law judge of the courts, to every county and public library of this Commonwealth and to each member of the General Assembly. These copies shall be furnished without charge. The Department shall also mail one copy of each law enacted during any legislative session to any person who pays to it the sum of $25.

 Requests for annual subscriptions for advance copies of statutes should be sent to the State Bookstore, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $25, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''

VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr., 
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-1484. Filed for public inspection July 18, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]



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