THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2020 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[50 Pa.B. 1502]
[Saturday, March 14, 2020]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2020 Regular Session:
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective No. Action Number Number Date Subject Matter 2020 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 001 through 008
001 Feb 5 S0060 PN1391 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—offense of trafficking in individuals, offense of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude and asset forfeiture 002 Feb 5 S0690 PN0829 60 days Incorporated Towns Contracts Regulated—power to convey 003 Feb 5 S0691 PN0830 60 days Second Class Township Code—real property 004 Feb 5 S0692 PN0831 60 days Boroughs and Incorporated Towns (8 Pa.C.S.) and Cities (11 Pa.C.S.)—real property and city property and affairs 005 Feb 12 H0330 PN0883 60 days Taxpayer Relief Act—editorial changes to incorrect references 006 Feb 12 H0427 PN2901 60 days Fair Access to Cancer Treatment Act—enactment 007 Feb 12 H1001 PN3258 Immediately* Keystone Mothers' Milk Bank Act—enactment 008 Feb 12 S0432 PN1490 Immediately* Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act—access to prescription information 2020 Joint Resolutions of Regular Session Passed—JR 001
001 Feb 3 S0133 PN1185 Constitution of Pennsylvania—Lieutenant Governor 2020 Vetoes of Regular Session of Bills—Veto 001
001 Feb 12 S0906 PN1447 Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966—State center closure moratorium * 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).
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VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-367. Filed for public inspection March 13, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]
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