THE GENERAL ASSEBLY

Recent Actions during the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[54 Pa.B. 136]
[Saturday, January 13, 2024]

 The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2023 Regular Session:

Doc.   No.	Date of Action	Bill Number	Printer's  Number	Effective     Date	Subject Matter
2023 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 033—066
033	Dec 13	H0301	PN2311	Immediately	Public School Code of 1949—omnibus amendments
034	Dec 13	H1300	PN2441	Immediately*	Fiscal Code—omnibus amendments
035	Dec 13	S0843	PN1290	Immediately*	Public School Code of 1949—omnibus amendments
036	Dec 14	H0689	PN2310	Immediately*	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)—general regulations, expungement, petition for limited access, clean slate limited access, exceptions, effects of expunged records and records subject to limited access and employer immunity from liability
037	Dec 14	H0863	PN2410	Immediately	Municipalities (53 Pa.C.S.)—powers and duties of commission
038	Dec 14	H1284	PN2431	Immediately*	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
039	Dec 14	S0044	PN1264	60 days	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.)— trafficking in individuals, patronizing a victim of sexual servitude, unlawful contact with minor and persons eligible to apply
040	Dec 14	S0140	PN0684	Immediately	Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.)—special prosecutor for mass transit
041	Dec 14	S0527	PN1288	60 days	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)—offense of theft of mail
042	Dec 14	S0596	PN1284	July 1, 2024	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)—offense of organized retail theft and establishing the Office of Deputy Attorney General for Organized Retail Crime Theft
043	Dec 14	S0683	PN1286	60 days	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)—urine drug screening requirement and xylazine awareness education
044	Dec 14	S0838	PN1289	180 days	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—order of probation, conditions of probation, modification or revocation of order of probation and probation review conference
045	Dec 14	H0038	PN0027	60 days	Liquor Code—applications for hotel, restaurant and club liquor licenses, application for distributors', importing distributors' and retail dispensers' licenses
046	Dec 14	H0666	PN0609	Immediately	Housing Authorities Law—organization of an authority
047	Dec 14	H0900	PN2406	180 days	Prisons and Parole Code (61 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
048	Dec 14	H1058	PN1471	60 days	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—notice and hearing
049	Dec 14	H1096	PN2433	60 days	Liquor Code—establishing the Stop-and-Go Legislative Task Force, public venue license and limiting number of retail licenses to be issued in each county
050	Dec 14	H1131	PN1186	60 days	Department of Health, Creation—State health centers and editorial changes
051	Dec 14	H1160	PN1295	Immediately*	Liquor Code—sales by liquor licensees and restrictions, retail dispensers' restrictions on purchases and sales, breweries and unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees
052	Dec 14	H1258	PN2434	Immediately	Public School Code of 1949—calculation of average daily membership for a dual credit course
053	Dec 14	H1278	PN2303	Immediately*	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)—exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of communications, public access, Department of Corrections retention policy and expiration of chapter
054	Dec 14	H1289	PN1757	Immediately*	Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.)—repudiation of discriminatory real estate covenants
055	Dec 14	H1478	PN2175	60 days	Public School Code of 1949—dental examinations and dental hygiene services
056	Dec 14	H1507	PN1723	Immediately	Public School Code of 1949—minimum number of days or hours
057	Dec 14	S0282	PN0304	60 days	Restrictions for Associations with Russia and Belarus Act— enactment
058	Dec 14	S0361	PN1283	Immediately	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—courts of common pleas
059	Dec 14	S0414	PN0361	Immediately	Sexual Assault Emergency Services Act—enactment
060	Dec 14	S0429	PN0855	120 days	Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law—disability benefits
061	Dec 14	S0506	PN0843	180 days	Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries (20 Pa.C.S.)—petition and hearing and independent evaluation, determination of incapacity and appointment of guardian and review hearing
062	Dec 14	S0607	PN0657	Immediately	State Lottery Law—determination of eligibility
063	Dec 14	S0773	PN1229	120 days	Medical Marijuana Act—application and issuance, limitations on permits, additional dispensary and grower/processor permits authorized, application and issuance of additional permits and limitations on other additional permits or licenses
064	Dec 14	S0815	PN1271	Immediately*	Tax Reform Code of 1971—imposition of tax, taxability of estates, trusts and their beneficiaries and manufacturing innovation and reinvestment deduction
065	Dec 14	S0910	PN1080	60 days	Professions and Occupations (63 Pa.C.S.)—civil penalties
066	Dec 14	S0941	PN1287	Immediately	Administrative Code of 1929—powers and duties and regulatory flexibility during opioid epidemic

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

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-29. Filed for public inspection January 12, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]

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