THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions during the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[54 Pa.B. 7465]
[Saturday, November 16, 2024]

 The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2024 Regular Session:

Doc. No.	Date of Action	Bill Number	Printer's Number	Effective Date	Subject Matter
2024 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 093 through 144
093	Oct 2	H1567	PN2286	60 days	Municipal Code and Ordinance Compliance Act—compliance requirement
094	Oct 2	H2288	PN3444	60 days	Second Class Township Code—compensation of supervisors
095	Oct 2	H2328	PN3602	Immediately	Capital Budget Act of 2024-2025—enactment
096	Oct 16	H0155	PN0951	Immediately	Health Care Facilities Act—consumer protections and abrogating a regulation
097	Oct 16	H0269	PN2187	60 days	Counties (16 Pa.C.S.)—consolidating the act of April 8, 1868 (P.L. 73, No. 37) and making a repeal
098	Oct 16	H1700	PN2231	60 days	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)—endangerment of public safety official
099	Oct 16	H1730	PN2066	60 days	Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act—exclusions
100	Oct 16	H1820	PN2446	60 days	Cosmetology Law—omnibus amendments
101	Oct 16	H2084	PN2818	180 days	Wholesale Prescription Drug Distributors License Act— license application and storage, handling and recordkeeping
102	Oct 16	H2127	PN3690	240 days	Perinatal and Postpartum Education Act—enactment
103	Oct 16	H2266	PN3438	11 months	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—racing on highways, disposition of impounded vehicles, combinations and loads, subsequent convictions of certain offenses, imposing penalties and making editorial changes
104	Oct 16	H2268	PN3289	60 days	Insurance Company Law of 1921—speech therapy for stuttering
105	Oct 16	H2383	PN3666	60 days	Older Adult Mentor Volunteer Program Act—enactment
106	Oct 16	H2561	PN3611	Immediately	Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.)—State Horse Racing Commission
107	Oct 16	S0169	PN0159	180 days	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—limitation on and change in place of commitment and making editorial changes
108	Oct 16	S0170	PN0160	180 days	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)— juvenile records, powers and duties of probation officers, informal adjustment, consent decree, adjudication, disposition of delinquent child and powers and duties
109	Oct 16	S0668	PN1928	One year	Health Care Facilities Act—certified medication aides and imposing duties on the Department of Health
110	Oct 16	S0765	PN0863	60 days	Boroughs and Incorporated Towns (8 Pa.C.S.)—surcharge by auditors, borough manager created by ordinance and election, powers and duties, other offices not incompatible, organization of commission and preparation of budget
111	Oct 16	S0840	PN1676	180 days	Alzheimer's, Dementia and Related Disorders Act— enactment
112	Oct 21	S0402	PN0346	Immediately	Annual designation and holiday observance of the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik as ''Diwali Day'' in this Commonwealth
113	Oct 29	H0843	PN2748	60 days	Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)—counterterrorism planning, preparedness and response, construction and making repeals
114	Oct 29	H1509	PN3742	Immediately*	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Prisons and Parole Code (61 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
115	Oct 29	H1608	PN3740	Immediately*	Human Services Code—medical assistance coverage for doula services, third party liability and data matching
116	Oct 29	H2132	PN3739	Immediately	Commerce and Trade (12 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
117	Oct 29	H2185	PN3727	60 days	Public School Code of 1949—type 1 diabetes education parental notification
118	Oct 29	H2378	PN3228	Immediately	State Lottery Law—definitions
119	Oct 29	H2381	PN3615	60 days	Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) (63 Pa.C.S.)— temporary rulemaking authority
120	Oct 29	S0232	PN0637	60 days	Public School Code of 1949—health services
121	Oct 29	S0365	PN1944	One year	Workers' Compensation Act—compensation for post-traumatic stress injury
122	Oct 29	S0920	PN1568	Immediately*	Sexual Assault Testing and Evidence Collection Act—sexual assault evidence tracking system, rights of sexual assault victims, report by Pennsylvania State Police and waiver for victim
123	Oct 29	S1051	PN1948	Immediately*	Tax Reform Code of 1971—petition for reassessment, review by board, settlement conference process, closing agreements, report to General Assembly and timely filing
124	Oct 29	S1160	PN1524	60 days	Holidays and Observances (38 Pa.C.S.)—Vietnam War Veterans Day
125	Oct 29	S1213	PN1946	60 days	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Prisons and Parole Code (61 Pa.C.S.)—unlawful dissemination of intimate image, sexual abuse of children, transmission of sexually explicit images by minor and editorial changes
126	Oct 29	S1232	PN1949	60 days	Workers' Compensation Act—payment of compensation
127	Oct 29	S1237	PN1950	Immediately	Underground Utility Line Protection Law—omnibus amendments
128	Oct 31	H0450	PN0418	Immediately	Main Street Act—duration of grants
129	Oct 31	H1409	PN1577	60 days	Fish (30 Pa.C.S.)—power to set fees and license, permit and issuing agent fees
130	Oct 31	H2160	PN3411	60 days	First Class Township Code—vacancies in general
131	Oct 31	H2265	PN3437	60 days	Boroughs and Incorporated Towns (8 Pa.C.S.)—organization of council, quorum, participation by telecommunication device, voting, compensation and eligibility and salary of mayor
132	Oct 31	H2610	PN3698	Immediately	Crematory Regulation Act—work practice standards
133	Oct 31	S0142	PN0118	60 days	Funeral Director Law—conduct of business by individuals and partnerships
134	Oct 31	S0267	PN1954	60 days	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
135	Oct 31	S0801	PN1939	Immediately*	Public School Code of 1949—teacher support in the structured literacy program, evidence-based reading instruction and applicability of other provisions of this act and of other acts and regulations
136	Oct 31	S0867	PN1017	60 days	Cities (11 Pa.C.S.)—city classification, repeal and editorial changes
137	Oct 31	S1080	PN1940	60 days	Vital Statistics Law of 1953—pronouncement of death by a practical nurse and fees for copies
138	Oct 31	S1118	PN1945	18 months	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)— omnibus amendments
139	Oct 31	S1132	PN1580	60 days	First Class Township Code—tax levies
140	Oct 31	S1133	PN1581	60 days	Second Class Township Code—township and special tax levies
141	Oct 31	S1134	PN1582	60 days	Boroughs and Incorporated Towns (8 Pa.C.S.)—tax levy
142	Oct 31	S1241	PN1914	180 days	Insurance Department Act of 1921—powers and duties of department, license prerequisites, licensing and license renewals
143	Oct 31	S1274	PN1951	Immediately*	Sign Language Interpreter and Transliterator State Registration Act—title of act, office responsibilities, State registration required, State registration and provisional registration
144	Oct 31	S1319	PN1879	60 days	Architects Licensure Law—omnibus amendments

 * 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. 24-1639. Filed for public inspection November 15, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]

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