THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2013 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[43 Pa.B. 6760]
[Saturday, November 16, 2013]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during 2013 Regular Session
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2013 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 073 through 079
073 Oct 9 HB0025 PN1551 Immediately* Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Notaries Public (57 Pa.C.S.)—uniform laws on attestation in the areas of unsworn foreign declarations and notarial acts 074 Oct 16 HB0108 PN2370 Immediately Insurance Company Law of 1921—definitions, children's health care and expiration 075 Oct 23 HB0421 PN2415 Immediately* Unemployment Compensation Law—omnibus amendments 076 Oct 25 HB1483 PN2426 60 days Portable Electronics Insurance Act—authority of vendors of portable electronics and termination of portable electronics insurance 077 Oct 25 HB0493 PN2493 Immediately Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act—omnibus amendments 078 Oct 25 HB1481 PN2160 Immediately* Insurance Company Law of 1921—electronic delivery of information and posting of policies and endorsements and risk management and own risk solvency assessment 079 Oct 25 SB0379 PN1279 60 days Benevolent Gesture Medical Professional Liability Act—enactment 2013 Joint Resolutions of Regular Session Passed—JR 003
003 Oct 15 HB0079 PN0058 Constitution of Pennsylvania—compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace * 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 (Department) 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 $20.
VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Acting Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-2147. Filed for public inspection November 15, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]
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