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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 22-370

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[52 Pa.B. 1451]
[Saturday, March 12, 2022]

 The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2022 Regular Session:

Doc.
No.
Date of
Action
Bill
Number
Printer's Number Effective Date Subject Matter
2022 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 004 through 013
004  Feb 3  H0930  PN2240  60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Law and Justice
(44 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
005 Feb 3 H1121 PN1169 60 days Colonel Joseph M. Stine Memorial Bridge—designation
006 Feb 3 H1304 PN1396 60 days Private First Class Howard Hahn Memorial Bridge—designation
007 Feb 3 H1479 PN1598 60 days John Michael Beyrand Memorial Highway—designation
008 Feb 3 H1588 PN2323 Immediately* Banks and Banking (7 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
009 Feb 9 H1082 PN2714 60 days Fiscal Code—definitions and early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or a related disorder
010 Feb 10 S0739 PN1378 Immediately* Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
011 Feb 17 H0232 PN2715 Immediately Public School Code of 1949—how constituted
012 Feb 17 H0764 PN2646 Immediately Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)—employees having contact with children and adoptive and foster parents
013 Feb 17 H2143 PN2536Immediately* Prisons and Parole Code (61 Pa.C.S.)—establishment
2022 Vetoes of Regular Session of Bills—Veto 003
003 Feb 3 H0979 PN1706 Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Municipalities
(53 Pa.C.S.)—limitation on the regulation of firearms and ammunition and regulation of firearms and ammunition

* denotes an effective date with exceptions

Effective Dates of Statutes

 The effective dates specified 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 date of statutes).

Advance Copies of Statutes

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 One-time purchases of the advance copies of statutes can be purchased through the State Bookstore's web site at www.shoppaheritage.com.

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

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-370. Filed for public inspection March 11, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]



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